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3.2.3 Plasticware & All Bottle Caps Cleaning Procedure<br />

Plasticware is used to hold samples for pH, alkalinity, chlorophyll filtration, total suspended<br />

solids (TSS), biological oxygen demand (BOD) and/or microbial analysis. This plasticware is<br />

never soaked in acid to minimize the potential for inadvertently acidifying the water samples.<br />

Bottles utilized in the microbiological assays are autoclaved after cleaning. The procedure for<br />

autoclaving plastic bottles for microbial analysis can be found in SOP 005 - Bottle Autoclaving<br />

Procedure.<br />

Bottle caps, especially those for glass bottles, are never soaked in acid because it may damage<br />

the surface <strong>of</strong> the cap.<br />

Plasticware and bottle caps are cleaned using the procedure outlined below:<br />

1. Follow steps 1 through 7 <strong>of</strong> the labware cleaning procedure.<br />

2. Follow steps 12 through 14 <strong>of</strong> the labware cleaning procedure.<br />

General Labware Cleaning Procedure SOP 003<br />

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