Posted December 4, 20159 yr comment_63077 Does anyone designate storage shelves with laboratory magnets?? For example: Unprocessed, Processed, or Quarantine Looking for a way to label and designate storage shelves with some flexibility. ThanksStephanie
December 4, 20159 yr comment_63081 That's a great idea, but our shelves are stainless steel and magnets won't work.
December 4, 20159 yr Author comment_63086 I knew there had to be some reason why magnets were not used.
December 9, 20159 yr comment_63134 Our old Jewett refrig came with these mounting strips on the shelves in which you could insert a paper label "Unprocessed" etc. The strips were held on by an adhesive which gave up the ghost after a decade or so. Now I have labels from a Dymo label printer (they have very cool ones which work from your PC - my favorite lab toy) that I stick directly on the ends of the shelves. If you remove the shelf and let it warm up and/or wipe any moisture off and quickly apply your label they stick pretty well. Mine have been on for a couple of years and still are in good shape. The labels peel off pretty easily too. Edited December 9, 20159 yr by Dr. Pepper
December 9, 20159 yr comment_63136 We use Velcro shelf labels. For the part that gets stuck to the fridge / freezer, we use Gorilla glue.
December 10, 20159 yr comment_63145 I've just been using white tape w/ the info neatly written onto it. When it peels or fades, I replace it. It will last several years. However, I like Cliff's velcro idea very much!
December 10, 20159 yr comment_63148 Never even thought of using Velcro!!!! I, like Dr. Pepper, have a label maker. I have labeled the crap out of everything!!! I LOVE it! (I'm sure the techs do too ) s
December 10, 20159 yr comment_63152 Isn't it interesting how the simplest things can thrill us so much? The Velcro idea is really something you can get stuck on!
December 11, 20159 yr comment_63157 On 12/4/2015 at 5:09 PM, mollyredone said: That's a great idea, but our shelves are stainless steel and magnets won't work. You mean aluminium? Stainless steel is magnetic. We use little sucker cups with a hook on to hang laminated signs (also great for putting lights around the window). Velcro isn't liked by the H&S bods...
December 11, 20159 yr comment_63166 The composition of most stainless steel in the US has nickel in it which makes it non-magnetic, for a simplified version of the scientific american article.
December 11, 20159 yr comment_63168 On 12/10/2015 at 8:53 AM, AuntiS said: Never even thought of using Velcro!!!! I, like Dr. Pepper, have a label maker. I have labeled the crap out of everything!!! I LOVE it! (I'm sure the techs do too ) s They drew the line at me making nametags for their foreheads.
December 12, 20159 yr comment_63175 We used magnets in the fridge for years where I used to work. We used them for the crossmatched units for each day. Instead of moving all of the blood to the 2 day shelf, we just moved the label each day. I think after we got the new fridge we had to do something else because they wouldn't stick to the drawers. I can't remember now 7+ years later what we did.
February 12, 20169 yr comment_64477 Thanks, Cliff, for the Velcro idea! It took a few hours to get all the old labels off without alarming the poor fridge but I relabeled our shelves this week.
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