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Over the last few years, there has been a trend of parents hesitating to vaccinate their children, delaying their child’s routine immunizations or seeking pure exemption from state vaccine mandates. As the number of unvaccinated children grows, so does the number of cases of...

The 14^th Annual Dream Christmas Celebration was hosted by Dream Alive on December 3, 2018. Over 100 Dream Alive Scholars provided Christmas presents and a holiday celebration for 100 children and their families at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The children are...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a draft guidance document entitled “Bacterial Risk Control Strategies for Blood Collection Establishments and Transfusion Services to Enhance the Safety and Availability of Platelets for Transfusion.” (The new version...

ASHP Midyear 2018 was one for the books! 500 leading experts from across the country and around the globe spoke on issues relevant to contemporary pharmacy practice. Pharmacists had hundreds of interactive educational opportunities that were developed to maintain and enhance...

Laboratories rely on ultra-low temperature storage to protect sensitive (and in some cases, irreplaceable) samples from being exposed to unacceptable temperatures. When evaluating various ultra-low freezers, it is important to know what to look for. There are critical design...

Samaritan’s Purse has been filling shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child for 25 years. In that time, over 157 million shoeboxes have been delivered to boys and girls around the world. The shoeboxes are packed full of fun toys, school supplies, and hygiene items, but to the...

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In the United States blood system, if the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) determines that one or more countries are experiencing widespread transmission of the Ebola virus, specific Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance should be implemented in...

Influenza sickens millions of Americans each year. During the 2017-2018 flu season, 49 million people caught the virus. Hundreds of thousands of them were hospitalized and, per the CDC, more than 79,000 died. Five flu related deaths have already been reported for the 2018–2019...

Automation has increasingly been adopted in clinical laboratories and blood banks, providing alternatives to the traditional method of manual tube testing for pretransfusion testing. Pretransfusion testing techniques all have advantages and limitations; it is important to...

Helmer Scientific has recently been featured in Inside Indiana Business and Noblesville Magazine.  Check out an array of stories about Helmer’s innovations, products, and partnerships along with our generosity initiatives.