Lab equipment comes in a variety of different shapes and sizes, which requires heat sterilization to be used instead of typical chemical sterilization. Dry heat sterilization is a popular method for quickly and effectively sterilizing a wide range of products with many different applications. The importance of keeping lab equipment free of microorganisms, bacteria, and other contaminants is necessary, because it can skew important data collection results. In many cases, spot sterilization is not enough to ensure that the equipment is fully free of contaminants. Lab equipment and tools, especially in the pharmaceutical industry, need to be free of contaminants