Sterilisation Facility: Microbiology and Immunology: University of Melbourne

Sterilisation Facility

Autoclave Locations:

G12, Autoclave room, ground floor opposite Media
4.06, Fourth Floor, nearly opposite lifts

Hot Air Ovens:

G.10C, Inside Media, Ground Floor
3.10, Third Floor, in washup area

Ground Floor Service Hours: 8.30 am - 4.30pm
Telephone (ground floor): 8344 7740

Supervisor: Mrs Elena Paraskeva
E-mail: elenat@unimelb.edu.au
Personnel: Sam Loukas

Only bacteriological and virology waste is processed here. Chemical and radioactive waste is dealt with elsewhere.
Please ensure that all autoclave waste is correctly sealed (using rubber bands not autoclave tape) and transported in a safe manner minimising chances of spillages or leaks.
All autoclave bags and bins are to be placed on the appropriate trolleys in the little room opposite the big autoclaves in room G12. Please notify Sam Loukas if you experience any problems or if a leak occurs.
Laboratories must follow the correct disposal procedures, otherwise the material will be returned.

All other materials, e.g. pipettes for decontamination, "clean" materials to be sterilised, tips, media, utensils etc are to placed on the upright selves opposite the large autoclaves. Each item is to be fully identified with Lab. Name, sterilising temperature and time.

E.g. Pittard 15/15 or RRB 121/20. If you do not want the materials returned to your lab please put "discard" on your materials.
Sterilised materials to be returned to the labs will be placed either in the drying cabinet in the autoclave room or on the upright racks near the wash basin. Materials are to picked up within 24+ hours or goods will be discarded as we cannot store goods for labs as we don't have the space.

Operation of autoclaves
Operation of ground and third floor Hot Air Ovens
Daily collection of contaminated glassware, plasticware and Petri dishes from teaching areas and MDU