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Brownouts vs Blackouts: Protecting Clinical Samples
Brownouts and blackouts can jeopardize valuable clinical samples and vaccines. Discover the key differences and how backup power solutions help maintain sample integrity during outages.
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What You Need to Know About Medical Lab Accreditation
When labs test specimens, they take them through multi-step processes vulnerable to contamination. These errors can introduce variables into tests and result in inaccurate data. Ultimately, these inaccurate test
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What You Need To Know About Handling Vaccine Diluents
Diluents are a crucial part of any immunization process. So knowing the best ways to handle them is non-negotiable. The World Health Organisation makes some recommendations regarding the storage and handling of diluents, and this article delves into those recommendations.
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Using Buffered Temperature Probes for Medical Refrigeration
Buffered temperature probes are vital for effective vaccine storage — ensuring that staff can perform adequate temperature monitoring.
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Can I Install a Wall-Mount UPS In a Healthcare Facility?
A wall mount UPS (a.k.a. uninterruptible power supply) is an excellent option for your facility if you are considering installing a battery backup power system. As the name implies, an uninterruptible power system allows you to keep your facility’s equipment and data safe during a sudden power outage. Though a fuel-powered generator system may be able whole facility powered for hours during a power outage, they’re not always the perfect solution.
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Best Practices For Handling Hazardous Drugs
According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), hazardous drugs (HDs) have six defining characteristics.
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The “Cold Chain” – What is it?
Vaccines have been an effective and economical way to prevent numerous diseases, and have saved millions of lives. However, in order for vaccines to remain effective, much care is needed. Vaccines in general are highly temperature sensitive products, and must be kept within the temperature ranges suggested by their manufacturers.
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VFC Temperature Data Logger Requirements & Manufacturers
The CDC recently changed the requirements for VCF providers, mandating them to now use a continuous temperature monitoring device
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AAAASF Certification
The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc. (AAAASF) is an organization that grants certification to surgery centers, based on their ability to maintain hospital standards in outpatient and office-based settings. Established in 1980, the AAAASF has been dedicated to improving patient safety standards for many years, strives to set the “Gold Standard in Accreditation”.
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