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Medical-grade cold storage is designed to provide precision temperature control to keep life-saving drugs, critical diagnostic reagents, and priceless patient samples viable to provide care for patients who need it.

It is estimated 4.5 million Americans will require blood transfusions each year. Blood transfusions play a critical role in the treatment of emergency trauma, cancer, sickle cell disease, and other blood conditions.

In celebration of our customers in the blood banking industry,...

Every year, hospitals across the United States spend billions of dollars on equipment and supplies. Becker’s Hospital Review, quoting the American Hospital Association, says average medical supply spending is 10.5 percent of the average hospital budget.

When a new chief of pharmacy arrived at a Dallas-based government hospital, mounting budgetary constraints, increased pressure to achieve sustainability goals, and increased staffing shortages weighed heavily on the shoulder of the clinical directors.

In the hospital environment, every piece of equipment plays a crucial role in patient care and staff efficiency. The undercounter refrigerator is no exception. Strategic placement of these compact units plays a pivotal role in ensuring prompt and proper distribution of...

Can you include a refrigerator in a clean room at all? If so, what type of refrigerator? How big does it need to be? Are there special cleaning and maintenance considerations? Does it matter if the refrigerator is compressor-based or solid state?

Equipment planners and pharmacy...

It’s been nine months since the changes outlined in USP Chapter <797> took effect. Many hospitals adapted quickly and are discovering operational best practices to streamline their pharmacy workflows, but there are areas in which clinical directors are still seeking clarity.

From clean energy to electric vehicles to CO₂ reduction to responsible sourcing, companies across industries are embracing corporate responsibility in unprecedented numbers. Corporate pledges to meet aggressive sustainability goals in the next decade have become nearly...

Cell washing is critical for preparing blood cells for pre-transfusion antiglobulin reagent tests such as ABO compatibility, Rh testing, and cross-matching. Historically, the cell washing process was a heavily manual process involving several iterations of preparation,...

From the introduction of HMOs in the 1990s to the Affordable Care Act in 2010 to the rise of the Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) and the rapid development of biologics, mRNA, and gene therapies, healthcare has experienced wide sweeping changes in the past 30 years that...