Helmer Scientific offers professional medical-grade refrigerators and freezers in a range of sizes to meet low to high volume storage capacity needs. Our compact undercounter units are useful for storing smaller volumes of products. They can also bring stored products such as...
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Video: Convenient Alarm Checks with i.C3® Automatic Alarm Testing
For temperature-controlled storage equipment in the blood bank, it is important to activate the alarms on a regular basis. This quality control step supports the blood bank’s quality management system and helps ensure alarms are functioning properly.
Read more »Climate Change Regulations for Health Care Continue to Evolve
Climate change presents challenges to the delivery of safe and effective health care. Environmental issues exacerbate existing health threats and create new public health challenges. At the same time, healthcare organizations contribute to the climate crisis with significant...
Read more »Blood Emergency Readiness Corps Continues to Expand
The Blood Emergency Readiness Corps (BERC) launched in September 2021 with seven founding blood centers. BERC’s mission is to prepare for emergency situations that immediately require large quantities of blood. These scenarios include natural disasters, mass shootings, or...
Read more »Ultra-Low Freezers Designed to Keep Heat Out
Clinical laboratories rely on cold storage equipment to store patient specimens for extended periods of time. Dependable ultra-low freezers are essential for safeguarding their integrity. Therefore, quality and performance should be key characteristics at the foundation of how...
Read more »Clinical Laboratory Testing to Combat Long COVID
Most people with COVID-19 recover within weeks of becoming infected, however, some individuals may develop post-COVID conditions. These are a wide range of new, returning, or ongoing health problems experienced more than four weeks after first being infected with SARS-CoV-2. ...
Read more »Considerations for Selecting Plasma Storage Freezers
Plasma is transfused to treat patients for a number of medical reasons, including burns, shock, trauma, and other injuries and illnesses. After plasma is collected and processed, it must be stored at frozen temperatures to preserve clotting factors and optimize shelf life. AABB...
Read more »GX Solutions and Reducing the Cost of Ownership in the Clinical Lab
Traditional cooling technology has been used in laboratory refrigerators and freezers for many years. These conventional cold storage units are capable of maintaining the appropriate temperature range for materials such as reagents and patient specimens. However, the...
Read more »AABB Launches New Alliance to Strengthen US Blood Supply
A sustainable and resilient blood supply is a critical component of any healthcare system. Blood transfusions are essential, life-saving treatments used to care for thousands of patients each day. Blood is a critical therapy for a variety of conditions, from trauma to cancer...
Read more »Supporting Sustainability Initiatives with Temperature-Controlled Storage
Climate change is being increasingly recognized as a contributor to a range of health consequences around the world. At the most recent United Nations Climate Change Conference, these risks became a primary focus, as more evidence shows the negative impact of climate change,...
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