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Articles by Lisa Choplo, Miele Professional laboratory applications manager

Can You Clean Plastics in a Glassware Washer?

by Lisa Choplo, Miele Professional laboratory applications manager
Lab glassware washers offer an excellent solution for laboratories that need to clean dirty labware including beakers, test tubes, Erlenmeyer flasks, cylinders, and BOD bottles. Technicians may be unsure whether dirty plasticware can also be cleaned in a glassware washer, leading them to hand wash the equipment which can be extremely time consuming. Lisa Choplo, Application Specialist at Miele Professional, addresses the most common concerns users have about cleaning plastics in a glassware washer.