If you use a pipette regularly, you already know it’s hard work – but did you know it can take a lasting toll on your body? Studies show that pipetting just one hour a day, or 300 hours a year, puts you at increased risk for musculoskeletal injury.
But by using better posture and good pipetting techniques, you can significantly reduce your risk of injury – and increase the accuracy of your data at the same time!
Our updated pipetting posture poster in the Good Pipetting Practice series illustrates important techniques to safeguard your health and livelihood while pipetting in the lab. Developed in collaboration with ergonomics experts at the University of California, San Francisco, the poster offers tips for sitting while pipetting, standing while pipetting, and even organizing your lab bench, all designed to reduce the strain that can lead to injury.
We hope these tips will help keep you and your colleagues fit and fresh, even after hours of repetitive pipetting. Hang the poster on the walls of your lab to remind yourself to choose better posture. Your body (and your data) will thank you!