SOP guidance on the Cleaning of Glassware in Microbiology

Procedure

House – Keeping of Laboratory

1. The laboratory is cleaned every
   by a Laboratory attendant . Scrubbing
   and wax polishing of laboratory floor is also done on regular basis.
2. The working tables and chemical
   shelves are cleaned by the laboratory attendant everyday.
3. All doors, cupboards and
   shelves are painted once in a year. 
   White washing of laboratory is done once in a year.
4. Damaged tiles of shelves, floor
   and roof are changed whenever required.
5. Besides this cleaning of
   electrical items viz. ceiling fans, tube lights, exhaust fans etc. is done
   whenever required.  Fused tube lights are
   replaced as and when required.
6. The glassware’s are cleaned by
   laboratory attendant using chromic acid / detergent, rinsed with distilled
   water and dried in air / oven as required.
7. All electrical items and
   water-taps are checked thoroughly while going in the evening by one of the
   senior analysts.
8. Appropriate fire extinguishers
   are located at conspicuous sites in the lab. 
   All working personnel are trained to operate them.
9. First aid box is also available
   in the microbiology laboratory at a defined place.