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Helmer Scientific, a leading supplier of cold storage and processing equipment, has announced that their i.C³® Information Center is now available with an expanded feature set. The i.C³® Information Center is integrated into the design of the i.Series® line of refrigerators and...

AABB has long required that plasma be stored at a temperature of -18ºC or colder. Like all blood storage devices, plasma freezers must have the capacity and design to ensure that the proper temperature is maintained. In addition, the temperature must be monitored continuously...

The month of January was designated National Blood Donor Month in 1970. It is the time of year when blood centers face the biggest challenges in recruiting people to visit their local collection sites and donate. During the winter months donors’ schedules may be busier than...

Clinical Lab Products magazine has published an article entitled “Building a Safer Blood Supply.” It discusses the ongoing challenges to maintaining an adequate and safe blood supply. The article provides insights from AABB as well as representatives from hospitals, blood...

When Helmer Scientific set out to develop our Ultra-Low Temperature Freezers, we started with our customers’ pain points. It is extremely disruptive when an ultra-low freezer fails to work properly – the stored items have to be moved to another freezer, samples could be lost,...

AABB has released new evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the transfusion of red blood cells. The new guidelines were published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. Previous guidelines had been put into place in 2012. Since then, several large scale...

Helmer Scientific, a leading supplier of cold storage and processing equipment, has announced that their -30ºC Laboratory and Plasma Freezer line is now available in a 115 volt electrical configuration. The new configuration is in addition to the existing 208/230 volt...

At Helmer Scientific, we are looking forward to our 37^th consecutive year of exhibiting at the AABB Annual Meeting. This year’s meeting takes place in Orlando, Florida, October 22 – 25, 2016. Helmer Scientific will be located at Booth #1237.

Reliable cold-storage equipment plays a vital role in safeguarding precious samples and biological products for patient care and research. Quality and performance should be at the foundation of how an Ultra-Low Freezer is designed. For example, it seems clear that Ultra-Low...

Zika virus continues to impact blood collection establishments and their efforts to keep the blood supply safe. Active transmission is occurring in the Americas, Oceania/Pacific Islands, Africa, and Asia. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released...