Laboratory Standby and Potential Shutdown Services
Ted Palashis | August 6, 2021
Over the past few weeks, and increasingly in the last several days, businesses across all sectors and industries in many parts of the nation have been impacted by the pandemic known as COVID-19. While this means limited access for some companies, and restricted availability for others, public, private, and university laboratories need to protect and prepare their instrumentation and operations for an extended absence.
Your laboratory’s assets are vital to your overall business and performance, as well as the safety of your facility. While times like this are unprecedented, there are measures, steps, strategies, and procedures that can be implemented to mitigate the risks that accompany a standby situation or a temporary shutdown.
Overbrook can provide the following services that make it safe, effective, and possible to allow your lab to follow a standby protocol, as well as a potential shutdown.
- Checking mobile phases and draining lines
- Shutting off gases as required
- Performing proper shutdown protocols of mass specs/checking temperatures
- Unplugging all instrumentation as required
- Checking power surge protection
- De-installation of equipment that needs to be decommissioned
- Decontaminating equipment
- Bagging equipment
While these times are challenging, there are steps that can be taken to protect the assets in your lab that you’ve invested in, making it possible to mitigate the risks and obstacles of returning to business as usual later this year. Overbrook provides reconditioned instruments, contractual maintenance, qualification services, and laboratory relocation for laboratories.
