But here I sit, tidying up work - and blogging - because someone decided to change the incubator from 44oC to 25oC. This is the one with a big label that says 44oC and is used multiple times each week at this temperature. I may get screamed at tomorrow but its actually my lab incubator and I'm the only one authorised to change the temperature.
So, it took me till 6pm to finish setting up samples (2.5 hours of work) & then I discovered the incubators been altered. Now I have to hang round till it gets back up to temp and make sure I haven't set it a degree too high - or the samples all die - its rather fiddly. I'm annoyed that I didn't think to look at it when I started. It would have been fixed by the time the samples were ready.
I took the container that was in there out. It can sit at room temperature. That's roughly what they'd changed the incubator to anyway.
I also have a cold. Did I mention I want to go home?
2 comments:
Put a big sign on it (taped over the controls) saying: "Change this incubator's temperature again and your samples will be incubating in the microwave."
Or, "Incubator used for highly contagious flesh-eating bacteria. Contact Dr Elliman for appropriate protocols before using." ?
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