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filters are supplied in various forms and sizes. Bibliography
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Endnotes Cheesbrough, M.C. (2005) Medical Laboratory Manual
for Tropical Countries. Volume I Cambridge
1 http://www.surechill.com/. Youtube movie on University Press. Cambridge.
the Sure Chill technology: https://www.youtube. Fleming, D.O., Hunt, D.L. (2006) Biological Safety.
com/watch?v=FKjLvcwt7M0. Principles and Practices, 4th edn. ASM Press.
2 https://www.scilogex.com/scilogex-dilvac-portable- Washington, DC.
dry-ice-maker.html, US$1325. Gilson (n.d.) Gilson Guide To Pipetting Third Edition,
3 https://www.dometic.com/en-gb/uk. https://www.gilson.com/pub/static/frontend/
4 http://www.dixons-uk.com, Dixons Surgical Gilson/customtheme/en_US/images/docs/
Instruments, UK. GuideToPipettingE.pdf.
5 https://www.steris.com/healthcare/products/ Michigan State University (n.d.) https://msu.edu/
sterility-assurance-and-monitoring/biological- course/lbs/159h/Spectrophotometry04.pdf.
indicators/verify-assert-self-contained-biological- Rainin (n.d.) Procedure for Evaluating Accuracy and
indicator/. Precision of Rainin Pipettes, https://www.mt.com/
6 http://www.impact-test.co.uk/products/2894- dam/RAININ/PDFs/TechPapers/ab15.pdfRainin_
manesty-water-still/. PipetteAccuracyandPrecision.
7 https://www.brand.de/en/products/liquid- Unpublished laboratory manual: ‘Human Parasitology
handling/plt-unit-pipette-leak-test/. in Tropical Settings – Practical notes’ – Edition
8 Rack down: to move the objective towards the 2017 – Idzi Potters, Philippe Gillet, Jan Jacobs
slide (or, if the stage is movable: to move the (Institute of Tropical Medicine – Antwerp).
stage towards the objective). Rack up: to move WHO (2003) Manual of Basic Techniques for a Health
the objective from very close to the slide in an Laboratory. WHO, Geneva.
upward direction away from the slide (or, if the WHO (2004) Laboratory Biosafety Manual, 3rd edn.
stage is movable: to move the stage from very WHO, Geneva.
close to the objective away from it). Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescence_
9 More information can be found at: https://www. microscope.
biotek.com/resources/technical-notes/dual- World Federation for Hospital Sterilisation Sciences,
wavelength-measurements-compensate-for- http://wfhss.com/wp-content/uploads/wfhss-
optical-interference/. training-1–03_en.pdf.
10 For more information see ‘Scilabware-Overview’,
http://www.obrnutafaza.hr/pdf/scilabware/
Scilabware-Overview.pdf.

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