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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...

To better protect precious or irreplaceable patient samples, safeguard expensive and sensitive vaccines / medications, or store reagents and controls that are critical to patient care, the adoption of Medical-grade equipment continues to increase in prevalence.

The month of January was designated National Blood Donor Month in 1970. It is the time of year when blood centers face the biggest challenges in recruiting people to visit their local collection sites and donate. During the winter months donors’ schedules may be busier than...

“The Golden Hour” in Emergency Medicine is the one hour period following traumatic injury. During this period medical intervention can improve the chance of patient survival. For patients suffering from massive hemorrhage during this period, rapid blood transfusions can save...

With 4-5 billion laboratory tests ordered annually in the United States, the role of Laboratory Scientists has become even more critical in the delivery of patient care. It is estimated that 70% of the decisions physicians make when treating patients are directly influenced by a...

Medical Lab Management recently released their 3rd Annual State of Laboratory Technology Survey Results, which included questions related to the adoption of medical-grade refrigerators and freezers. This year's survey results are based on responses from 376 Clinical Laboratory...

When Helmer Scientific set out to develop our Ultra-Low Temperature Freezers, we started with our customers’ pain points. It is extremely disruptive when an ultra-low freezer fails to work properly – the stored items have to be moved to another freezer, samples could be lost,...

AABB has released new evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the transfusion of red blood cells. The new guidelines were published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. Previous guidelines had been put into place in 2012. Since then, several large scale...

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...