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Ah, did you miss out there! At the time this was going around, I worked in a different school system. They had tested a number of kits at a sample school and determined that all kits containing the baddies were to be destroyed. We had to fork out the cost of a guy coming out in almost hazmat gear to...

I have a person looking for casual work. Is a Biology graduate so chemical handling is good. He worked with me last year for a few months. Knows how schools work and is familiar with Riskassess. He's happy to do whatever needs to be done. Available from mid-May until mid-August. Can work Southern Hi...

Set it and plead not guilty - "must be Riskassess doing it".

With keeping copies of RA... we do only for the year they are running. At the end of the year I do a backup on RA and send them all to a file. No more hard copies anywhere and they are then saved in the system for ever. Riskassess also have a number of back ups in their system, too. I am not really...

I ended up taking them out of the incubator, putting in the chem store which is the coolest part of the prep room. We had a scorcher of a weekend for March - high 30s so I'm not sure if it was any different to being in the incubator, although it would have been cooler at night. Anyway, results were ...

Are you able to take a photo of them for him? or one of the teachers? The only potential "problem" I can think of would be if condensation formed inside it might go a little weird... are there other plates in the incubator? Can you just turn it down to whatever the lowest setting is or wi...

Jumping in on an old thread here... Just wondering who still prints out the RAs if you use RiskAssess? Also, a thought on NSW DoE not needing to do RAs because of the CSIS, how many teachers actually reference the CSIS when ordering their pracs? Do they check each time that the chemical hasn't been...

Hello Brains Trust! I have a Year 10 student doing his SRP using agar plates. They were put in the incubator yesterday. He checked them and took photos today. He won't be here tomorrow as Year 10 have an activities day. If I leave them over the weekend, they will potentially be looking very overgrow...

oakley.mcmillan wrote: ↑14 Mar 2023, 16:05 What is a product you always wished you could see in the lab? (open to your suggestions)

My one wish is to be able to buy glass tubing that I know will fit into the rubber tubing I've bought.
Same with bungs - knowing which size you need for the test tubes you're buying.

bigmack wrote: ↑16 Mar 2023, 09:51 My glasses , when I put them down some where

I just found mine in my lunchbag . At least it was better than having to walk back to the staffroom to look for them.

The blue and yellow plastic ones are terrible for falling apart. We have one here but also have two metal ones that seem to do a great job. These were bought by the previous labbie and I do know not long after he bought those, I couldn't source them for the school I was at at the time. Maybe someon...

I think it is hard for people in NSW to comment as it seems we work in systems with different expectations. In NSW teachers order pracs and we provide the equipment and chemicals etc. There is no expectation (in most schools) that we set up pracs. If the pracs need to be tested out, it is usually do...

The blue and yellow plastic ones are terrible for falling apart. We have one here but also have two metal ones that seem to do a great job. These were bought by the previous labbie and I do know not long after he bought those, I couldn't source them for the school I was at at the time. Maybe someone...

mtg wrote: ↑14 Mar 2023, 10:26 Office choice has a cheaper house brand, same as Avery. Riskassess has made my life so much easier. I have 'borrowed' the library laser printer and when I do the labels I do extra so I can label the containers as well as the droppers.

Interesting - and they are as good?

The heavy duty labels are the same size as the Riskassess templates. As long as they are printed on a laser printer, you will have no problems with them running. I have had to change the silver nitrate labels after about three years of use because of the stains but otherwise, I've had no problems. T...

Buy the Avery heavy duty labels and you don't need contact. I know, bit late now but worth the cost. I don't think it will ruin the blade of the guillotine, but I'm not sure it will happily cut it. It could be tricky. And Macca - the sticky tape. My predecessor used sticky tape and it is so difficul...

yes bigmack, ours are slightly different but essentially the same thing. I think I will toss them. I just wanted to check there wasn't one random prac they came out for in an obscure topic area before I ditch them. I feel like I should offer them to a museum! :lol: And the minute you do that, there...

Well, look what I found! https://glovesnow.com/guide-to-disposable-nitrile-gloves/ Are Nitrile Disposable Gloves Recyclable? Yes, Nitrile Disposable Gloves are recyclable in Australia. They can be recycled, however they need to go in a special separate recycling bin, as opposed to your standard rec...

Had a look - keep in mind that the first ones, Australian Organics are food handling gloves, don't appear to be chemical resistant (unless I missed something). Second ones, they say they break down rapidly but what to? Microplastic?? Third ones look good, they say break down into organic matter alth...

We have a printer in our science staffroom which adjoins the prep room. The coordinator has his own office and own printer. They are B&W laser printers, so fine for printing chem labels (which are quite legal in B&W). Our IT guys look after toner. We get our paper from a general college supp...