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Making Service Simple — A How-To Video Series for Maintaining your Helmer Product: SD Card Replacement

Posted on Feb 27, 2017 by Matt Schafer

Servicing your Helmer product just got a little easier.  Our qualified service technicians will guide you through some common maintenance procedures in our How-To video series providing detailed instruction for maintaining your unit.

The first video in our series focuses on...

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How to Improve USP <797> Clean Room Workflows

Posted on Feb 27, 2017 by Miranda Schroeder

USP <797> details the procedures and requirements for compounding sterile preparations and sets standards that are applicable to all practice settings in which sterile preparations are compounded. The goal of this chapter is to help prevent patient harm from inaccurate or...

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Helmer Generosity – Cultivating Unique Initiatives

Posted on Feb 24, 2017 by Bruce King

I wanted to share this recording of a presentation given alongside Natasha Mazur, who was instrumental in growing the unique approach we take with our Generosity Programs. The video briefly describes how we approach our philanthropic efforts at Helmer which we are extremely...

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Maintaining the Safety and Efficacy of Mother’s Milk with Medical-grade Refrigeration

Posted on Feb 22, 2017 by Miranda Schroeder

Image Credit: Uberebaby.com

Hospitals have the responsibility to properly store and handle medical expressed breast Milk (EBM). EBM is to be collected and stored in a manner that reduces the risk of microbial contamination. Bacterial contamination of breast milk may pose a...

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Helmer Scientific Expands Feature Set of the i.C3® Information Center

Posted on Feb 17, 2017 by Colleen Holtkamp

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...

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Top Priorities for Immunization Managers

Posted on Feb 14, 2017 by Miranda Schroeder

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Last week, Helmer was a bronze sponsor of the Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) national meeting in Charleston, South Carolina. The meeting provided lively discussion around the role of the immunization manager, as well as the...

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Helmer Generosity: From Chili to Zhitomar

Posted on Feb 10, 2017 by Donna Holpuch

Can a bowl of chili transform the lives of disabled children and vulnerable people in Ukraine? It can if it’s the annual Helmer Scientific Chili Cook-off. Held each year on National Chili Day, the Chili Cook-off brings the employees of Helmer together for a friendly, but...

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Best Practices: Integrating Pharmacy Refrigerators and Freezers to Automated Dispensing Cabinets

Posted on Feb 03, 2017 by Ben Greenfield

Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADCs) allow for decentralized medication distribution across hospitals, and allow for medication storage and dispensing close to the point of patient care. By electronically safeguarding and tracking medication inventory the pharmacy can maintain...

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Join the Fight Against Heart Disease and Stroke with AHA & Go Red for Women

Posted on Feb 03, 2017 by Miranda Schroeder

Image Credit: American Heart Association

Why Go Red? Heart disease and stroke cause 1 in 3 deaths among women each year, killing approximately one woman every 80 seconds. However, 80 percent of cardiac and stroke events experienced by women may be prevented with education and...

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The Release of 115 Volt -30ºC Freezers Helps Facilities Meet AABB Standards for Plasma Storage

Posted on Feb 02, 2017 by Colleen Holtkamp

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...

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