SteriNET Live Survey In an effort to provide you, our customer, with the best autoclave features we would appreciate your participation in this survey. Please take a moment to provide feedback and answer these 9 questions on your behavior in the laboratory as it pertains to autoclave usage. We know your time is valuable so all respondents will be entered into a drawing to receive a $100 amazon gift card. Thank you! Email Address* 1. Where is your laboratory’s autoclave located in relation to where you work? (Optional) In the same room. (Optional) Just down the hall. (Optional) On a different floor. (Optional) In a different building. (Optional) 2. How do you know when your autoclave has completed a cycle? (Optional) I hear the alarm/buzzer (Optional) I set a timer to remind myself (Optional) A colleague informs me (Optional) I check on the autoclave (1-2 times before cycles is complete) (Optional) I check on the autoclave frequently (3-5 times before cycles is complete) (Optional) 3. After sterilization, how long do the goods sit in the autoclave before you remove them? (Optional) They are immediately removed (within 10 min) (Optional) 10-60 min after cycle completion (Optional) Longer than 1 hour (Optional) All of the above (Optional) 4. How often is your autoclave in use when you are ready to use it? (Optional) Never or Rarely (0-1 times per week) (Optional) Sometimes (1-3 times per week) (Optional) Often (4-6 times per week) (Optional) Always (Optional) 5. Do you carry your phone around with you in the lab? (Optional) No, not allowed (Optional) No, by choice (Optional) Sometimes (Optional) Always (Optional) 6. How useful would it be to check the status of the autoclave (e.g. idle, cycle in process, cycle complete) from your computer or phone? (Optional) Useful from my phone (Optional) Useful from my computer (Optional) Useful on my phone and computer (Optional) Not useful (Optional) 7. How useful would it be to have easy access to electronic records (in pdf format) of the autoclave printout data? (Optional) Not useful, I don’t care about the data (Optional) Not useful, I prefer the paper print-out (Optional) Sometimes useful (Optional) Useful, my autoclave is always out of printer paper or ink (Optional) Very useful (Optional) 8. Would you be willing to connect your autoclave to the internet in order to receive features such as: email/ text alerts for when cycle is over, email alert with pdf of cycle-data, PM reminders, access to historical cycle data? (Optional) No, there is no internet near the autoclave (Optional) No, IT department won’t allow it (Optional) Yes, I would connect via Ethernet (Optional) Yes, I would connect via Wi-Fi (Optional) Not sure (Optional) 9. Do you use an electronic lab notebook (ELN)? (Optional) Never (Optional) Sometimes (Optional) Always (Optional) Δ
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