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Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center, a 222 bed non-profit hospital located in Danville, Kentucky, recently completed a major central pharmacy improvement project. This project was designed to increase pharmacy efficiency and enhance workflows related to moving products...

Experts are claiming that the popular, needle-free FluMist vaccine was ineffective last year and should not be administered this coming flu season. The nasal spray flu vaccine accounts for approximately one-third of all flu vaccines given to children, according to the CDC ⁽¹⁾.

I work with an amazing team of generous people! In mid-July, a group of volunteers from Helmer Scientific engaged yet again with our friends from Horizons, a nonprofit organization with the mission of closing the opportunity gap for low income children in inner city...

The 2016 Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit, released last month, reflects an adjustment in CDC’s guidance on the Fahrenheit temperature range for storing refrigerated vaccines. The new recommended Fahrenheit temperature range is 36° F - 46° F (previously 35° F - 46° F). The...

Helmer Scientific, a leading supplier of cold storage and processing equipment, has announced the release of the new MLR102 medical-grade countertop refrigerator with AdvanceCore™ cooling technology. This refrigerator has been specifically designed to satisfy the demanding...

In September 2015, Trevor Brooks of the University of California, San Francisco began a research project funded by The Doris Duke International Clinical Research Foundation and Global Healing that enables the Public Hospital Roatán to evaluate and improve its clinical diagnosis...

In 1834 Jean Peltier performed experiments passing an electric current through a closed circuit of 2 dissimilar metals. This work demonstrated that heat energy could be absorbed by one dissimilar metal to create a cooling effect, and discharged by the other dissimilar metal to...

Health officials have reported two cases of Zika virus transmitted by blood transfusions. Both of these cases were reported in Campinas, a city of around one million people located northwest of São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil.

Helmer Scientific and Terso Solutions, Inc. have partnered to develop a new -30 degree freezer with integrated RFID technology to improve inventory management in healthcare and life sciences facilities. The new RFID freezer provides fully automated tracking of high value...

Each blood component has specific storage requirements. Platelet products are unique because they must be stored at room temperature (20ºC to 24ºC) with continuous, gentle agitation, whereas other blood products are stored at colder temperatures. An unfortunate consequence of...