Pipet Classification Flashcards
Calibration Marks/Design
- To Deliver
- To Contain
Calibration Marks/Design:
delivers the exact amount it holds a container
To Deliver
Calibration Marks/Design:
holds the particular volume but does not dispense the exact volume
To Contain
Calibration Marks/Design:
high standards for accuracy
Class A
Drainage Characteristics
- Blowout
- Self-draining
Drainage Characteristics
has a continuous etched rings on top of the pipet; exact volume, used for VISCOUS
Blowout
Drainage Characteristics
absence of etched rings; used for NON-VISCOUS FLUID
Self-draining
Types of Pipet
a. Measuring or Graduated Pipet
b. Transfer Pipet
Types of Pipet
Measuring or Graduated Pipet
- Serologic
- Mohr
- Bacteriologic
- Ball, Kolmer, Kahn
- Micropipet
Types of Pipet
Transfer Pipet
- Volumetric Pipet
- Ostwald Folin
- Pasteur Pipet
- Automatic macropipets or micropipets
Measure Pipet:
Graduations up to the tip
Blow-out
Serologic
Measure Pipet:
Graduations doesn’t reached up to the tip
Self-draining
Mohr
Measure Pipet:
May be Serologic/Mohr
volumes ranging from 1-1000 uL
To Contain
Micropipet
Transfer pipet:
Bulb - middle
Non-viscous
Self-draining
Volumetric Pipet
Transfer pipet:
Bulb - near tip
w/ two etched rings
Blowout
Oswald - Folin
Transfer pipet:
No calibration marks ; transfer fluid without specific volume
Pasteur Pipets
Transfer pipet:
Most Routinely used pipet
Automated/self-operating, semi-automatic/Manually operated
Automatic Macropipets/Micropipets
Mechanisms of Automatic/Mechanical Micropipet:
Relies on piston for suction
Disadvantage: aerosol contamination
Air displacement pipet
Mechanisms of Automatic/Mechanical Micropipet:
Operates moving piston or barrel like hypodermic syringe
does not require different tip for each use
Very accurate and expensive
Positive-Displacement Pipet
Mechanisms of Automatic/Mechanical Micropipet:
Obtains liquid from a common reservoir
Dispenser/Dilutor Pipet
Calibration of Pipets:
don’t require calibrations
Class A
Calibration of Pipets:
TD pipets
Distilled water
Calibration of Pipets:
TC pipets
Mercury
Calibration of Pipets:
used to verify volume accuracy and precision
Gravimetric
Spectrometric
Photometric
Calibration of Pipets:
compare reproductibility of brands of pipet
0.1% Phenol Red Solution in distilled water
Most basic pipet
Glass Pipet
Pipets should be held in ____ with the tip ____ the wall of containing while draining
VERTICAL ; AGAINST
It should not be shaken/hit against the wall of the container while draining
VOLUMETRIC TD
Indicates pipet is not sufficiently clean
Imperfect wetting/Discrete droplets of water
THERMOMETER:
refrigerators and freezers
Total Immersion
THERMOMETER:
Heating blocks and water baths
Partial Immersion
THERMOMETER:
incubators and heating ovens
Surface Immersion
Temperature monitoring devices should be verified for accuracy
6 or 12 months interval