Point-of-Care Testing: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters
What Is Point-of-Care Testing?
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is diagnostic testing performed at or near the site of patient care — rath...
Understanding RCF vs. RPM: A Lab Technician’s Guide to Centrifugation
Two centrifuges and they have the same RPM setting. But you get completely different results. If that’s happened in your lab, the expla...
Pipette Tips: Filtered vs. Non-Filtered – Which Should You Use?
One wrong tip choice can contaminate your sample, invalidate your run, and cost hours of recovery time. The decision between filtered a...
How to Set Up a Microbiology Lab on a Budget
The prospect of establishing a medical-grade testing or research environment can be daunting, especially given the high costs of modern...
Petri Dish Sizes Explained: Which Diameter Do You Need?
Most people walk into a lab supply order assuming there's one "standard" petri dish - a single, universal size that works for everythin...
Cryovial Tubes vs. Centrifuge Tubes: Key Differences and When to Use Each
Picture this: your lab just received a shipment of biological samples. Some require long-term storage at ultra-low temperatures, while ...
How to Properly Store Biological Samples in Centrifuge Tubes
A failed freeze-thaw cycle. A cracked tube was removed from the -80°C freezer, with its contents leaking onto the rack. A mislabeled vi...
Lab Supplies for Dental Offices: What You Need and Where to Buy
Running a dental office means managing a long list of supplies across clinical, surgical, and lab workflows. Ordering the wrong materia...
Lab Consumables for Veterinary Clinics: Essential Supply List
Running a veterinary lab means keeping dozens of items stocked at all times. Run out of blood collection tubes on a Monday morning, and...
Best Pipette Tips for High-Throughput Labs: Sterile, Filtered & Bulk Options
High-throughput labs work at a brutal pace, often processing thousands of samples every week. In this kind of environment, the consumab...
