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Medical-grade refrigeration continues to be an important topic for healthcare providers; these cold storage units are critical to protecting very expensive, and sometimes very sensitive, medications and vaccines.  Pharmacy Purchasing & Products (PP&P) recently released The 11th...

Zika virus continues to impact blood collection establishments and their efforts to keep the blood supply safe. Active transmission is occurring in the Americas, Oceania/Pacific Islands, Africa, and Asia. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released...

Influenza viruses circulate heavily in the Unites States each year from October to May. The virus can spread up to 6 feet from an infected individual. Although the flu is often treatable with rest, influenza can cause serious illness or even death in at risk individuals such as...

The World Health Organization recommends that average patient room noise levels remain only slightly louder than a whisper. However, the average noise level in an American hospital often exceeds 50 decibels and peaks around 90 decibels, which is harmful to patient recovery and...

It can be confusing for a laboratory to choose between manual defrost and auto-defrost freezers. A commonly held belief is that manual defrost freezers are the best choice for storing certain sensitive biological materials such as enzymes. Traditional auto-defrost freezers...

The unintended consequences of a poorly maintained ultra-low temperature freezer can include catastrophic loss of potentially irreplaceable samples and losing compressor efficiency over time. According to a US Department of Energy report, an Ultra-low temp freezer can use...

In 1989 - 1991, a measles epidemic in the United States resulted in thousands of cases of measles leading to hundreds of deaths. Upon investigation, CDC found that more than half of the children who had measles had not been immunized, even though many of them had seen a health...

Each summer, Helmer Scientific takes on a new look as we have many new faces join the Helmer team through our collegiate summer intern program. Every year over a dozen collegiate summer interns come to explore their talents, develop new skills and learn about career...

New regulations and guidelines are making it increasingly difficult to choose the right refrigerator for specific clinical applications. As providers move away from small, dorm-style refrigerators to medical-grade refrigerators, there is likely confusion when it comes to a...

The decision whether to vaccinate or not poses serious personal and public health considerations and should not be made out of fear, capitulation or with the urge to follow a crowd. So, why is the vaccination debate leaving parents with more questions than answers? What can...