why would it be full of piss and shit?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 5 Jul 2012, 14:19, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Because we're working with typhoid samples
you have to work with them in a special containment lab to prevent people (lab workers, general public etc) from becoming contaminated with the bacteria and spreading the infection. We generate a lot of infectious waste which has to be autoclaved, ie, the bacteria have to be killed (by a combination of high temperature and pressure) before it can leave the lab.
(berk, Thu 5 Jul 2012, 14:23, Reply)

just spray bit with some Domestos, it kills 99.9% of germs DEAD

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 5 Jul 2012, 14:24, Reply)

and even the 99.9% bit is just them being cautious
it's probably 100%
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 5 Jul 2012, 14:26, Reply)

berk works with the 0.1%

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 5 Jul 2012, 14:26, Reply)

even typhoid doesn't like being covered in chlorine and ammonia

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 5 Jul 2012, 14:27, Reply)

WOOOAAHH
It loves it
( Kroney, Thu 5 Jul 2012, 14:27, Reply)

It's cheaper to use an autoclave than cover everything with bleach.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 5 Jul 2012, 14:28, Reply)

Is this also true of your victims

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 5 Jul 2012, 14:31, Reply)

spraying with your own piss would kill at least 99.9% of germs dead.
However, since your average square metre of surface has hundreds of millions, if not hundreds of billions of bacteria on it, killing 99.9% of them is a bit like pissing into a hurricane. Killing 99.9% of a billion germs still leaves a million quite happy. And those million are probably quite resistant to domestos, so they'll grow up in a day or two to another billion bacteria, only these ones are hardier.

Don't mean to worry you, of course. But you are going to die.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 5 Jul 2012, 14:28, Reply)

When?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 5 Jul 2012, 14:29, Reply)

sometime. probably when you least expect it.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 5 Jul 2012, 14:32, Reply)

The Mighty Daily Mail Badger

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 5 Jul 2012, 14:30, Reply)

haha, nice

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 5 Jul 2012, 14:32, Reply)

shut up, nothing can beat big bad Dom

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 5 Jul 2012, 14:30, Reply)

Because we have to sterile kill any samples that may contain live cells
before we dispose of them. So generally we autoclave pretty much everything before we chuck it. Sometimes bags burst if they haven't been set up properly.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 5 Jul 2012, 14:24, Reply)