Table 1 Decontamination of laboratory consumables with ethylene oxide treatment
From: Improved Multiple Displacement Amplification (iMDA) and Ultraclean Reagents
| Â | Â | DNA recovered | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Contamination type | No treatment (n) | ETO treated (n) |
Pipette tips | Bacterial DNA | 21 ng ± 3 (5) | BLD* (15) |
Microcentrifuge | 20 ul Bacterial cells | Â | Â |
Tubes |  | 90 ng ± 11 (4) | BLD* (15) |
Microcentrifuge | 100 ul Bacterial cells | Â | Â |
Tubes |  | 402 ng ± 112 (3) | BLD* (2) |
Extraction columns | Free DNA-human | 10 ng ± 2 (3) | BLD* (3) |