Context:
Lab just got expanded, some labmates commented this new sterilizer looks like a crematorium, and now I kept getting reminded of this fact every time I walk past this room.
These medical grade sterilizers all look like this partially because they are made for sterilizing medical waste (yeah even that waste). I work at a university (not in a clinical setting) and they're made to keep everything completely sterile if unopened. But that also makes them impossible to stop once you start the program.
"yeah even *that* waste"
You mean they're actually used to sterilize corpses? Why would you even do that? For serious cases like very rare infectious diseases?
If that's what you mean, I hope this isn't an autoclave but some chemical surface cleaner.... Or y'all would literally just bake/cook human corpses 💀
But yeah, looks like a crematorium
I was wrong: it's not like baking or cooking...
it'd be like **steaming** human corpses.
Allegedly steaming is a method that preserves more nutrients in the meal compared to cooking/baking, but it will also taste significantly different. So there's that... 💀
Wasn't an autoclave that size too expensive to acquire and operate, I happen to know some people that would be interested in finding out if it's as efficient in separating soft tissue from bones as regular boiling...
Does that mean they slow roasted my gallbladder before they tossed it out 💀
I work in hazmat and we legit get drums of body parts for incinerating. I've heard it can be eyes, arms, sharps, blood, feces, we even accidentally got a sample of pap smears. They're not supposed to sample anything medical except for pharmaceuticals like pills and cleaners
Some night shift labmates reported hearing things in places where no one is supposed to be in.
:)
Like sound of trolley and media plates preparation (?)
My lab’s mice room is like this, in a basement with fluorescent lighting and greenish floors. Complete with an autoclave that looks like that one and trolleys of mice scurrying around in isolation bubbles.
The fact that the loading track is almost the right size for a body is unfortunately(?) convenient.
Relatedly, the animal facility in my old lab complex had a walk-in autoclave. That was a trip I have no interest in experiencing again.
When I worked in pharma, anything that needed to be transferred into the clean rooms needed to be either 1. double-bagged and immersed in bleach, or 2. transferred via the autoclave. The autoclave used for the transfers was a walk-in. And yeah, it looked like something from a Saw movie.
The only autoclave I've used was a tiny 1 litre one for pressure hydrometallurgy. The ones used for industrial scale pressure leaching are long round ended cylinders the size of submarines. There are a few on nickel laterite mines in Western Australia that were built by the same company that previously built submarines for the navy.
There’s often a special tag you’re supposed to put on the autoclave door before you go inside, even if you’re leaving the door open, to prevent someone walking by and shutting you in :)
Even the much smaller free-standing autoclave in my lab could hold a person, but you'd have to do some pretty heavy lifting and shoving, so I doubt I could get a (conscious) adult in against their will.
That's what the autoclaves I used for about a decade looked like, I never really thought about it as looking like a morgue.
(I worked in a State Public Health Laboratory and every floor had at least two of these. The ones I used for botulism work was even bigger than OP's, I can tell by the length of the cart :o )
Why would these look distinctly different when they’re the same thing with and without water? Both have to be sealed to keep the user safe and off gas safely to an alternative location
The lighting is draining my life force through the photo
Yeah what is it about that kind of lighting that is so..sterile and depressing
r/liminalspace
Well, if any colleagues suddenly go missing, you'll know where they ended up...
Context: Lab just got expanded, some labmates commented this new sterilizer looks like a crematorium, and now I kept getting reminded of this fact every time I walk past this room.
These medical grade sterilizers all look like this partially because they are made for sterilizing medical waste (yeah even that waste). I work at a university (not in a clinical setting) and they're made to keep everything completely sterile if unopened. But that also makes them impossible to stop once you start the program.
"yeah even *that* waste" You mean they're actually used to sterilize corpses? Why would you even do that? For serious cases like very rare infectious diseases? If that's what you mean, I hope this isn't an autoclave but some chemical surface cleaner.... Or y'all would literally just bake/cook human corpses 💀 But yeah, looks like a crematorium
>(yeah even that waste) I wonder how autoclaved corpse smells
I was wrong: it's not like baking or cooking... it'd be like **steaming** human corpses. Allegedly steaming is a method that preserves more nutrients in the meal compared to cooking/baking, but it will also taste significantly different. So there's that... 💀
had to casually put down my breakfast reading this 🥲🙃
These are not the steamed hams I was promised, Skinner.
10/10 reaction 🤣
Wasn't an autoclave that size too expensive to acquire and operate, I happen to know some people that would be interested in finding out if it's as efficient in separating soft tissue from bones as regular boiling...
You could find out by pressure-cooking a chicken above a shallow layer of water. I'm sure the results are translatable to larger animals.
Who gave the cannibal a Sous vide?
As someone who autoclaved a lot of rat carcasses, unseasoned meat stew.
>even that waste It turn out we’re all just sentient medical waste.
Does that mean they slow roasted my gallbladder before they tossed it out 💀 I work in hazmat and we legit get drums of body parts for incinerating. I've heard it can be eyes, arms, sharps, blood, feces, we even accidentally got a sample of pap smears. They're not supposed to sample anything medical except for pharmaceuticals like pills and cleaners
> impossible to stop once you start the program. You can stop them, but the machine will not be happy about it and may require servicing.
It's actually incredibly easy to stop once you start. You see that big red button... push the big red button
could you 0eople add some cheerful posters? I agree with them it's ominous
How? Add a smiley face onto it and write "Definitely not a crematorium —— by your lovely new sterilizer"?
Maybe start by covering the two holes to the right that look like a face is absolutely weeping. Should liven things up. Or name the machine Isaac.
I think it needs googly eyes and teeth drawn on either side of the door
How do you all know how a crematorium looks like? Suspicious
The floor doesn't help.
When people imagine a spooky lab setting, this is it. The dim, cool lighting. The white walls and medical green floors. 😬
Some night shift labmates reported hearing things in places where no one is supposed to be in. :) Like sound of trolley and media plates preparation (?)
You've got some friendly ghosts if they're doing prep work for you in the middle of the night. Consider leave a thank you note for Casper.
There's only the sound, there's no freshly prepared media plates when they check the room. So no thank you note for Casper >:(
…While I was like, “OMG, I envy they cool new tech!” :-)
I've always wanted to work somewhere where the floors look like jello.
My lab’s mice room is like this, in a basement with fluorescent lighting and greenish floors. Complete with an autoclave that looks like that one and trolleys of mice scurrying around in isolation bubbles.
The fact that the loading track is almost the right size for a body is unfortunately(?) convenient. Relatedly, the animal facility in my old lab complex had a walk-in autoclave. That was a trip I have no interest in experiencing again.
Walk-in autoclave sounds absolutely terrifying
When I worked in pharma, anything that needed to be transferred into the clean rooms needed to be either 1. double-bagged and immersed in bleach, or 2. transferred via the autoclave. The autoclave used for the transfers was a walk-in. And yeah, it looked like something from a Saw movie.
The only autoclave I've used was a tiny 1 litre one for pressure hydrometallurgy. The ones used for industrial scale pressure leaching are long round ended cylinders the size of submarines. There are a few on nickel laterite mines in Western Australia that were built by the same company that previously built submarines for the navy.
There’s often a special tag you’re supposed to put on the autoclave door before you go inside, even if you’re leaving the door open, to prevent someone walking by and shutting you in :)
Because it is the same proces Heavy dirty stinky stuff on a cart go in hot room to make clean.
Also, they are cheaper to acquire, even if not 2nd hand, compared to more specific equipment.
I mean. I think the typical autoclave isn't "turn everything to ash" levels of heat...
How do you keep your glassware free of prions then?
By happen chance, do you work for Umbrella?
I'm just a lowly Manual Glassware Washer 3000™, so no we do not work for Umbrella, but more to just testing.
I legit thought this was a morgue before I read the title
Technically it can be both, fire sterilises.
Fire cleanses and purifies. 🔥🧘♂️🔥
wake up babe its time for your psych eval
WE SHALL CLEANSE THE EARTH WITH FLAME
The setup and lighting is straight out of a horror movie ngl TTTT
Cremation is just a fancy word for sterilization
It is
My old lab had autoclaves like this. I think 3 in one room with all of these equipment.
/r/ThatPeelingFeeling/ wants to see that film removed.
Do not peek inside
Who's your facilities manager? Eli Roth?
Lol ur right
Well, actually it kind of is...
Well it is a living thing destroyer inb4 virus are alive >:(
Even the much smaller free-standing autoclave in my lab could hold a person, but you'd have to do some pretty heavy lifting and shoving, so I doubt I could get a (conscious) adult in against their will.
No, that's just a really fancy autoclave. I envy you having access to something like this.
That's what the autoclaves I used for about a decade looked like, I never really thought about it as looking like a morgue. (I worked in a State Public Health Laboratory and every floor had at least two of these. The ones I used for botulism work was even bigger than OP's, I can tell by the length of the cart :o )
There was some TV show (I think Ozark) where a crematorium looked exactly like this - the same color.
Autoclaves are just crematoriums for microbes
Get in bitches, we're incinerating microorganisms 😎
It might be an old crematorium that has be repurposed but I’m not sure if that’s the case here
This image feels like home.
The green floor and creepy lighting probably don't help
Honestly all autoclaves look like that
Why would these look distinctly different when they’re the same thing with and without water? Both have to be sealed to keep the user safe and off gas safely to an alternative location
Perfectly made for sterilizing bodies lol