October 6, 2024

Laboratories equipment required as per PCI Pharmacy Council of India

General Equipments List

1 Permanent Slide for various tissues
2 Specimen for various organs and systems
3 Skeleton and bones
4 Different Contraceptive Devices and Models
5 Muscle electrodes
6 Lucas moist chamber
7 Myographic lever
8 Stimulator
9 Centrifuge
10 Perspex bath assembly (single unit)
11 Software packages for experiment
12 Standard graphs of various drugs
13 Rotarod
14 Analgesiometer (Eddy’s hot plate and radiant heat methods)
15 Convulsiometer
16 Plethysmograph
17 Autoclave
18 Zone reader
19 Sterility testing unit
20 Eyepiece micrometer
21 Incinerator
22 Moisture balance
23 Micropipettes (Single and multi-channeled)
24 Suction pumps
25 Mechanical Stirrer
26 Magnetic Stirrers with Thermostat
27 Vacuum Pump
28 Microwave Oven
29 Mechanical stirrers
30 Stage and eyepiece micrometers
31 Brookfield’s viscometer
32 Tray dryer
33 Sieve shaker with a sieve set
34 Double cone blender
35 Propeller type mechanical agitator
36 Autoclave
37 Steam distillation still
38 Vacuum Pump
39 Standard sieves, sieve no. 8, 10, 12,22,24, 44, 66, 80
40 Tablet punching machine
41 Capsule filling machine
42 Ampoule washing machine
43 Ampoule filling and sealing machine
44 Clarity test apparatus
45 Ointment filling machine
46 All-purpose equipment with all accessories
47 Aseptic Cabinet
48 BOD Incubator
49 Bottle washing Machine
50 Bottle Sealing Machine
51 Conical Percolator (glass/ copper/ stainless steel)
52 Capsule Counter
53 Energy meter
54 Humidity Control Oven
55 Liquid Filling Machine
56 Mechanical stirrer with speed regulator
57 Precision Melting point Apparatus
58 Orbital shaker incubator
59 Lyophilizer (Desirable)
60 Gel Electrophoresis(Vertical and Horizontal)
61 Phase contrast/Trinocular Microscope
62 Refrigerated Centrifuge
63 Fermenters of different capacity (Desirable)
64 Tissue culture station
65 Laminar airflow unit
66 Diagnostic kits to identify infectious agents
67 Rheometer
68 Sonicator
69 Respinometer
70 BOD Incubator
71 Paper Electrophoresis Unit
72 Incubator water bath
73 Filtration Assembly
74 Nephelo Turbidity meter
75 Fourier Transform Infra-Red Spectrometer (Desirable)
76 HPLC
77 HPTLC (Desirable)
78 Atomic Absorption and Emission spectrophotometer (Desirable)
79 Biochemistry Analyzer (Desirable)
80 Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen Analyzer (Desirable)
81 Deep Freezer (Desirable)
82 Ion- Exchanger
83 Lyophilizer (Desirable)


Departments Instrument Requirement

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY Equipment:

1 Microscopes 15
2 Haemocytometer with Micropipettes 20
3 Sahli’s hemocytometer 20
4 Hutchinson’s spirometer 1
5 Spygmomanometer 5
6 Stethoscope 5
7 Models for various organs 1
8 Digital Balance 1
9 Physical /Chemical Balance 1
10 Sherrington’s Kymograph Machine / Polyrite 10
11 Sherrington Drum 10
12 Myographic lever 1
13 Aerators 10
14 Computer with LCD 1
15 Actophotometer 1
16 Pole climbing apparatus 1
17 Digital pH meter 1

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOGNOSY Equipment:

1 Microscope with stage micrometer 15
2 Digital Balance 2
3 Hot air oven 2
4 B.O.D.incubator 1
5 Refrigerator 1
6 Laminar airflow 1
7 Colony counter 2
8 Digital pH meter 1
9 Camera Lucida 15
10 Heating mantle 15
11 Flourimeter 1
12 Vacuum pump 2
13 Micro Centrifuge 1
14 Projection Microscope 1
15 Reflux flask with condenser 20
16 Water bath 20
17 Clavengers apparatus 10
18 Soxhlet apparatus 10
19 TLC chamber and sprayer 10
20 Distillation unit 1

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY Equipment:

1 Hot plate 5
2 Oven 3
3 Refrigerator 1
4 Analytical Balances for demonstration 5
5 Digital balance 10mg sensitivity 10
6 Digital Balance (1mg sensitivity) 1
7 Muffle Furnace 1
8 Digital pH meter 1
9 Distillation Unit 2
10 Reflux flask and condenser single necked 20
11 Reflux flask and condenser double/triple necked 20
12 Burettes 40
13 Arsenic Limit Test Apparatus 20
14 Nessler’s Cylinders 40

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICS Equipment:

1 Homogenizer 5
2 Digital balance 5
3 Microscopes 5
4 Ball mill 1
5 Tablet disintegration test apparatus IP 1
6 Tablet dissolution test apparatus IP 1
7 Monsanto’s hardness tester 1
8 Pfizer type hardness tester 1
9 Friability test apparatus 1
10 Collapsible tube crimping machine 1
11 Tablet coating pan 1
12 Magnetic stirrer, 500ml, and 1 liter capacity with speed control 5
13 Digital pH meter 1
14 Bulk Density Apparatus 2
15 Hot Plate 2
16 Distillation Unit 1
17 Ostwald’s viscometer 15
18 Stalagmometer 15
19 Desiccator* 5
20 Suppository molds 20
21 Buchner Funnels (Small, medium, large) 5
22 Filtration assembly 1
23 Permeability Cups 5
24 Andreason’s Pipette 3
25 Lipstick molds 10

PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY Equipment:

1 Viscometer 1
2 Micropipettes (single and multi-channeled) 10
3 Micro Centrifuge 1
4 Autoclave 1
5 Refrigerator 1
6 Digital pH meter 1
7 CENTRAL INSTRUMENTATION ROOM:
8 Colorimeter 1
9 Digital pH meter 1
10 UV- Visible Spectrophotometer 1
11 Flourimeter 1
12 Digital Balance (1mg sensitivity) 1
13 Flame Photometer 1
14 Potentiometer 1
15 Conductivity meter 1


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