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Helmer Scientific, a leading supplier of cold storage and processing equipment, has announced that their -30ºC Laboratory and Plasma Freezer line is now available in a 115 volt electrical configuration. The new configuration is in addition to the existing 208/230 volt...

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Zipline, a US robotics and drone technology, has implemented the world’s first drone delivery service for life-saving blood products in Rwanda. The Ministry of Health of Rwanda and the National Center for Blood Transfusion (NCBT) pursued options to improve...

Many departments throughout the hospital are extremely tight on space. From the lab, to the pharmacy, there are various items that require refrigeration such as patient samples and medications, but lack of space makes it extremely difficult to use proper medical-grade...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Researchers and practitioners know that stable storage temperature is important to ensure viability for frozen biological materials such as enzymes or vaccines, and that excessive time spent at out-of-range temperatures should be avoided. A common misconception is that...

Ultra-Low freezers are critical to safeguarding samples from long-term studies, and a single unit can contain years or even decades of research. For this reason, healthcare facilities and research centers take great care of these irreplaceable samples.