As the cold weather rolls in, health experts in the United States are encouraging people to get flu shots. The influenza virus mimics many of the symptoms of COVID-19 and is problematic for multiple reasons: More people will have to get tested for COVID-19, which uses up valuable testing kits and resources. The convergence of […]
More than 11 million people in Canada have been tested for COVID-19, and thousands more are tested each day. To maximize the accuracy of these results, significant care must be exercised while handling and transporting these samples. Here, we discuss some of the most important guidelines for sample safety in line with recommendations from the […]
ULT Freezers offer safe and controlled preservation of biological samples:
Medical-grade refrigerators are indispensable in the world of modern medicine since they play a critical role in safekeeping biological samples, vaccines, medicines, and other medical supplies. Lab refrigerators come in a variety of sizes and styles, including built-in, countertop, and under the counter. Compact laboratory refrigerators are ideal for small and large facilities, including hospitals, […]
Countries around the world are in a multibillion dollar race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, COVID-19 specimens sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are carefully stored and collected for diagnostic purposes. This requires proper cold storage solutions that store specimens at the right temperature, ensuring they’re viable for testing and […]
Pharmaceutical-grade lab refrigerators in research centers and medical facilities store temperature-sensitive biological samples and vaccines. Failure to follow the best preventive maintenance practices of essential lab equipment can lead to sub-optimal performance, or worse, reduced potency and compromised integrity of sample materials. Preventive maintenance of refrigeration devices allows you to detect failures proactively, optimize energy […]
Immunization is one of the biggest cost-effective public health interventions to date. WHO estimates that nearly 2 to 3 million deaths are prevented each year through immunizations against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine (DTP). What’s more, the estimated global demand for vaccines totaled 3.5 billion doses in 2018. And now, with the multi billion dollar […]
At the moment, 40 different vaccines for COVID are under test and trial. While we haven’t reached an endpoint with any of them, we soon will. One vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford is looking very promising and is in advanced stages of its development. Since we’re nearing the closure of these trials […]
What good is an advanced technology if you can’t use it? At the moment, we’re still pretty far from intelligent machines like those who can make their own calculated decisions. The most we ever got to was bots conversing in gibberish. For now, humans will have to do with manual controls. And sometimes, calibrating those […]
While we all know platelets as the component of blood that helps it develop clots upon wounds, there’s more to these biconvex discoid structures. When it comes to storing them, they must be isolated from blood and stored separately, with plasma. The time period of their storage is usually five days. Over time, they undergo […]
