CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A47L 15/4242 (2013.01); B01L 9/543 (2013.01); B01L 13/02 (2019.08); B08B 7/0057 (2013.01); B08B 9/00 (2013.01); F26B 3/02 (2013.01); F26B 3/04 (2013.01); F26B 3/283 (2013.01); F26B 9/066 (2013.01); A61L 2202/122 (2013.01); A61L 2202/18 (2013.01); B01L 3/0275 (2013.01); B01L 2200/141 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
1. A method of sterilizing and storing laboratory consumables, the method comprising:
slidably receiving a carrier holding a plurality of laboratory consumables into each of one or more of a plurality of storage compartments within an interior chamber defined in a housing;
exposing the plurality of laboratory consumables to ultraviolet (UV) light from UV lamps, a UV lamp of the UV lamps positioned above each respective storage compartment and from a UV lamp of the UV lamps positioned below each respective storage compartment;
determining from which of the plurality of storage compartments a carrier should be removed based on for which carrier a longest period of time has elapsed since going through a predefined sterilization procedure; and
indicating to a user into which of the plurality of storage compartments a carrier should be placed or indicating to a user from which of the plurality of storage compartments a carrier should be removed.
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