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Selecting a pharmacy refrigerator is a critical task that impacts all aspects of the pharmacy, including footprint and physical space, inventory management and protection, cost containment, compliance, and more. Unfortunately, this critical decision is often driven solely by...

To ensure accurate test results, clinical laboratories need to ensure temperature-sensitive reagents and specimens are stored properly. Medical-grade cold storage designed to maintain strict temperature ranges helps safeguard the integrity of these materials and supports...

The Asembia Specialty Pharmacy Summit is at the epicenter of the pharmacy industry, providing a unique opportunity to understand challenges, generate solutions, and define the future of specialty pharmacies. The AXS24 Summit will be in Las Vegas from April 28-May 2.

Pre-transfusion testing refers to the laboratory tests required to ensure compatibility between a patient’s blood and a transfusion of donated blood. This process includes patient identification, sample collection and labeling, and laboratory testing to determine the patient’s...

Welcome to the third and final part of our three-part series dedicated to outlining the performance, features, and certifications that set medical-grade cold storage equipment apart from standard-, food-, or commercial-grade refrigerators and freezers.

A long-standing challenge faced by clinical laboratories is the availability of enough qualified personnel to meet staffing needs. It can be difficult to fill open positions, which means that many labs struggle with being understaffed.

Welcome to part two of our three-part series dedicated to outlining the performance, features, and certifications that set medical-grade cold storage equipment apart from standard-, food-, or commercial-grade refrigerators and freezers.

Reliable platelet storage is essential to blood centers and hospital transfusion services. Platelet products have a short shelf life and cannot be stockpiled. Therefore, blood banks constantly face the challenge of making sure enough platelets are available to meet patient...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently recognized Helmer Scientific GX Solutions Ultra-Low Temperature Freezers as meeting ENERGY STAR^® certification requirements for the High-Performance Laboratory Grade Freezer category.

Many terms are used to designate and market cold storage equipment in the medical space. Phrases such as purpose-built, medical-grade, and CDC-compliant are often attached to equipment to position it as appropriate for clinical use.

But what does it all actually mean, and how...