CLINICAL LAB SCIENEC

Pipetting and Use
of Glassware
CHAPTER 8
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this chapter, the reader will be able to:
• Identify and describe the
importance of accurate
measurements of testing
reagents and samples.
• Identify the appropriate
containers required for
measurement of various
solutions.
• List key factors that affect the
accuracy of measurements using
various containers and devices.
• Discuss the reason for and the
importance of the maintenance
of pipettes and pipetters.
• List the three types of pipettes
used in measuring volumes of
test reagents for both automated
and manual procedures.
• Relate considerations in testing
where exact measurements of
samples and reagents are required
and examples of procedures
where a range of accuracy would
be acceptable.
KEY TERMS
Acetone
Beakers
Beral pipettes
Bunsen burner
Buret pipettes
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Class A
Colorimetric
Cuvettes
Erlenmeyer fl asks
Flasks
Food and Drug Administration
Gilson micropipettes
Glassware
Graduated cylinders
Gravimetric analysis
Griffi n beaker
Hexane
Light-guided pipetting systems
Macropipettes
Microliter
Micropipettes
Mohr pipettes
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST)
Pasteur pipettes
Pipette calibration
Pipette fillers
Pipette helpers
Pipette tips
Pipettes
Polycarbonate
Polyethylene
Polypropylene
Polystyrene
Polyvinyl chloride
Quantitative pipettes
Semiquantitative pipettes
Serological pipettes
Silica
Tefl on
Transfer pipettes
Tygon
Volumetric containers
Volumetric pipettes
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