Cleaning and Decontamination

This Medical Laboratory Science lesson in Molecular Diagnostics supports laboratory science learning and laboratory interpretation for medical laboratory students and professionals.

Describe practical cleaning and decontamination practices used in molecular laboratories.

Advanced8 min read15 sectionsMolecular Diagnostics

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Learning Objectives

Each objective is an everyday molecular laboratory quality skill, not a full accreditation curriculum.

Distinguish routine cleaning from molecular decontamination after a contamination risk
List practical surfaces, tools, and moments that need SOP-directed cleaning
State that agents, contact times, and sequences follow institutional procedure, not one universal product list