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The CDC Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit provides comprehensive information, recommendations, and resources to assist medical professionals in properly storing and handling vaccine inventory, including cold storage guidance.

For temperature-controlled storage equipment in the blood bank, it is important to activate the alarms on a regular basis. This quality control step supports the blood bank’s quality management system and helps ensure alarms are functioning properly.

Climate change presents challenges to the delivery of safe and effective health care. Environmental issues exacerbate existing health threats and create new public health challenges. At the same time, healthcare organizations contribute to the climate crisis with significant...

The deadline to submit comments related to proposed changes to USP <797> was March 17. This milestone signals the final opportunity for public comment before the chapter is adopted or revised again.

Roughly 15 months after the first COVID-19 vaccine was administered in the U.S., vaccine manufacturers Pfizer and Moderna have submitted requests to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of a second booster –a fourth dose overall – for certain...

The Blood Emergency Readiness Corps (BERC) launched in September 2021 with seven founding blood centers. BERC’s mission is to prepare for emergency situations that immediately require large quantities of blood. These scenarios include natural disasters, mass shootings, or...

Clinical laboratories rely on cold storage equipment to store patient specimens for extended periods of time. Dependable ultra-low freezers are essential for safeguarding their integrity. Therefore, quality and performance should be key characteristics at the foundation of how...

Vaccines have been one of the strongest lines of defense in the fight against the spread of infectious diseases. From development to transport and storage, and ultimately administration, the goal of vaccine manufacturers and clinicians is to deliver safe, effective prevention...

Most people with COVID-19 recover within weeks of becoming infected, however, some individuals may develop post-COVID conditions. These are a wide range of new, returning, or ongoing health problems experienced more than four weeks after first being infected with SARS-CoV-2. ...

Plasma is transfused to treat patients for a number of medical reasons, including burns, shock, trauma, and other injuries and illnesses. After plasma is collected and processed, it must be stored at frozen temperatures to preserve clotting factors and optimize shelf life. AABB...