5 Most Important Laboratory Equipment for Your Diagnostic Centers

All pieces of equipment found in a laboratory are important because they all have their uses and problems they solve in the laboratory. 

Although, whenever we visit a laboratory for a test, there is common equipment we see, such as the microscope, test tube, dropper, beaker etc. 

Let's discuss the 5 most important pieces of laboratory equipment for our diagnostic centres. 

• Microscope - A microscope is laboratory equipment used to transform objects that are too little to be seen by our naked eyes into enlarged images, allowing the lab technician or observer an exceedingly close view of the object. 

• Beaker - This is a cylindrical apparatus with a flat bottom commonly found in laboratories. Beakers are manufactured in different sizes, from one millilitre up to several litres. The beaker aids in pouring and storing reagents. There are rumours the lab beaker was likely named after the Beaker people who are known to be experts in making pottery during the Neolithic period.

• Volumetric Flask - This laboratory apparatus is fine-tuned to contain a precise volume at a certain temperature. A volumetric flask is often used when you want to know both the precise and accurate volume of solution that is to be prepared.  

• Spatula - This equipment is used for handling powders in the lab, scraping, and mixing. They come in various forms, such as metal, plastic, etc. The most common ones found in labs are the stainless and plastic types. 

• Dropper -  This device is also known as Pasteur pipette or eye-dropper.  A common use of this device was to dispense eye drops in the eye and transfer little quantities of liquids from a beaker or volumetric flask. 

Like we mentioned above, there isn't a manuscript that states that the aforementioned types of equipment are the best and most important for our diagnostic centres, moreover you are bound to find the equipment on this list in most diagnostic centres around the world. 

There are countless types of laboratory equipment, and all of them have a purpose in the lab and are useful in acquiring results in a lab. 

So, if you're looking to start a pathology lab or looking at a career in the diagnostic centre, the types of equipment listed above should help you understand important and common lab equipment found in diagnostic centres.