====== Washing Lab Dishes ======
 --- //[[celiser12@gmail.com|Christine Robbins]] 2018/11/14 15:39//

==== Description ====
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Whenever making media, all glassware, stir bars, and lab scoops must be promptly cleaned. If you have not cleaned up your mess, you have not completed the protocol.


**Notes and Warning:**
  * DO NOT allow solidified media to go down the drain, this can clog the drains in the lab. Use your hand to filter out any solid media when cleaning up glassware. 
  * Make sure that all yeast or bacteria is killed before dumping cultures down the drain. 

====Directions====
  * Remove all tape and labels from all glassware
  * Rinse the items with tap water
  * Clean the dishes using dish soap and a brush (hanging by the main sink and under it)
  * Rinse the dishes with tap water at least 3 times, ensure no soap is left
  * Rinse the dishes with di water 3 times
  * Allow the dishes to dry
       * Do not hang anything greater than 500mL (beaker, bottle of flask) over the main sink
       * 2L or larger flasks should be set upside down in the basket near the main sink to dry
       * Stir bars, tube caps, and scoops should be placed in the basket
       * Tube should be placed upside down in a tube rack
       * Please ensure that drying glassware is not in danger of falling and breaking
  * When dry, autoclave the dishes
       * For glassware: Place foil over beakers, flasks and graduated cylinders and caps over bottles and add autoclave tape
       * For stir bars and lab scoops, place them in autoclave pouches, seal and add autoclave tape 
  * After autoclaving and dished have cooled, put them back in their place