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National Public Health Week is an initiative of the American Public Health Association (APHA). It is a week long promotional campaign highlighting the Generation Public Health movement. The goal of Generation Public Health is to create the world’s healthiest nation by 2030....

AABB has released the 31^st edition of Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services. The new edition of Standards went into effect on April 1, 2018. Based on the most current thinking about quality and best practices in blood banking and transfusion medicine, Standards...

Earlier this year, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) introduced an updated Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit. The first toolkit was released after a United States Department of Health study in 2012. Vaccine temperatures were measured at various locations across the...

The inaugural Indiana VEX Robotics State Championship was recently held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Over 300 robotics teams from elementary, middle and high schools across the state competed in the first ever “Super Bowl of STEM”.

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Zipline, a U.S. robotics firm based in the Silicon Valley, and the Rwandan government have partnered in a project that delivers blood products to remote locations by drone. The blood delivery service began operations in late 2016, and has reduced the...

Strong Futures: Empowering Kids and Youth is an employee driven service campaign intended to encourage employees and their families to serve together to empower at-risk kids and youth.

Helmer Scientific recommends regularly checking the calibration of the displayed temperature reading on all of its temperature controlled products. This helps ensure your products are being stored at the correct temperature. Checking the calibration is a simple step which should...

Hazardous drugs are defined as drugs which involve risks when handled in occupational settings. Workers exposed to hazardous drugs are to be informed of the hazardous chemicals in the drugs they are handling as well as the potential side effects of exposure. Effects include but...

The National Institute for Occupational Safety (NIOSH) hazardous drug (HD) list has been around since 2004 and was last updated in 2016 when 34 new drugs were added to the list. The list contains more than 200 drugs which are strongly recommended to be handled with extra care....

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