Manual of basic techniques for a health laboratory - libdoc.who.int

2. Setting up a peripheral health laboratory 37Table 2.2 (cont.)ItemQuantity requiredFlasks, Erlenmeyer, heat-resistant, wide-mouthed, 500ml 3Flasks, Erlenmeyer, heat-resistant, wide-mouthed, 1000 ml 3Drop bottles, plastic or glass, 100ml 12Drop bottles, brown glass, 100ml 3Reagent bottles, plastic or glass, 100ml 20Reagent bottles, plastic or glass, 500ml 10Reagent bottles, plastic or glass, 1000ml 10Flasks, volumetric, glass, with stoppers, 100ml 4Flasks, volumetric, glass, with stoppers, 250ml 2Flasks, volumetric, glass, with stoppers, 500ml 2Flask, volumetric, glass, with stoppers, 1000ml 1Microscope slides, 25mm ¥ 75 mm 2 ¥ 1000Coverslips, 20mm ¥ 20mm 20 ¥ 100Wash bottles, plastic, 500ml 2Wash bottles, plastic, 1000ml 2Watch glasses, 50mm diameter 2Pipettes, graduated from the top (and not to the tip), 1ml 12(0.01-ml subdivisions)Pipettes, graduated from the top (and not to the tip), 2ml 10(0.01-ml subdivisions)Pipettes, graduated from the top (and not to the tip), 5ml 10(0.1-ml subdivisions)Pipettes, graduated from the top (and not to the tip), 10ml 6(0.1-ml subdivisions)Pipettes, Pasteur 2 ¥ 144Test-tubes, heat-resistant, 150mm ¥ 16 mm 50Test-tubes, heat-resistant, 85 mm ¥ 15mm (Kahn tubes) 100Test-tubes, heat-resistant, 50 mm ¥ 6mm (cross-matching tubes) 20Centrifuge tubes, conical, 15ml 40Centrifuge tubes, conical, graduated, 15ml (0.1-ml subdivisions) 50Glass tubing, 1.0–1.5mm thick, 7–8 mm diameter1 kgAdditional itemsPetri dishes, glass, 112mm diameter 4Petri dishes, glass, 156mm diameter 4Evaporating dishes, 75mm diameter (75ml) 2Dessicator 1Equipment for haematology testsPipettes, Sahli, 0.02ml, with rubber tubing 30Pipettes, blood, 0.05ml 20Counting chambers, improved Neubauer (bright line if possible) 3Counting chamber, Fuchs–Rosenthal 1Coverslips, optically plane, for counting chambers 12Tally counter 1Tubes, Westergren, for determination of erythrocyte 30sedimentation rateStands for Westergren tubes 2Microhaematocrit centrifuge 1Microhaematocrit capillary tubes, heparinized 1000Wax, for sealing microhaematocrit tubes1 rollEquipment for bacteriological and biochemical testsNichrome wire, 1mm diameter1 m