When it comes to determining what refrigerators are safe and effective for use in your hazardous drug clean room, it is important to follow the guidelines set forth by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).
Read more »Looking Ahead to the 2021-2022 Flu Season and Back to School Immunization
According to the CDC, last year’s flu season saw the highest number flu vaccine doses ever administered. More than 193 million doses were given, and about 53-54% of adults received a flu vaccine. This coverage is higher compared to the previous year, which was about 48% of...
Read more »GX Solutions Provide Medical-Grade Cold Storage Benefits
Proper cold storage of medications and vaccines is critical in the healthcare environment, and often can be the difference between viable, effective products, and ineffective or wasted product. GX Solutions from Helmer Scientific is the first line of medical-grade refrigerators...
Read more »COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: Summer 2021 Update
About 50 percent of the U.S. is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Last month, the FDA authorized the Pfizer vaccine for children who are 12-15, and Moderna is expected to file for EUA for this age group in the coming weeks. Focus on vaccinating adolescents and hesitant adults...
Read more »Why You Should Consider Interlock Pass-Thru Refrigerators for Your Clean Room
USP <797> details the procedures and requirements for compounding sterile preparations and sets standards that are applicable to all practice settings in which sterile preparations are compounded. The goal of this chapter is to help prevent patient harm from inaccurate or...
Read more »Recovering Immunization Rates Post Pandemic
Office visits and routine immunizations decreased during the pandemic. Beginning in Mid-March last year, routine immunization rates dropped significantly. Due to the National Emergency declared in the United States, these rates continued to decline into the late half the year....
Read more »Best Practices for Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your Ultra-Low Freezer
When your lab is storing precious samples at ultra-low temperatures, reliable freezer performance is essential. An ultra-low freezer is a significant investment for a laboratory. To protect your investment, along with the integrity of the valuable samples stored inside, it is...
Read more »Strategies for Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy
Just last week, the FDA authorized the Pfizer vaccine for use in children between the ages of 12 and 15. Additional clinical trials are underway, and it is expected that Moderna will soon be available to this age group, and both vaccines will become available to younger children...
Read more »Protect High-Cost Specialty Drugs with Medical-Grade Refrigeration
While there is no universal definition of a specialty drug, specialty drugs can be defined by having one or more of the following characteristics:
Read more »Webinar Recap | COVID-19 One Year Later: Vaccine Progress and New Standards for Vaccine Storage
Thank you to our hosts and participants for joining last week’s webinar: COVID-19: One Year Later: Vaccine Progress and New Standards for Vaccine Storage. Dr. L.J. Tan from the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) and Helmer Scientific’s Dennis Smith, Vice President of Research...
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