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 research.
The CDC has issued various guidelines for COVID-19 specimen storage. If the specimens that need to be sent for testing aren’t properly stored, testing can result in false negatives, potentially causing the loss of human life.
Let’s look at some of these biospecimen storage guidelines:
Not only do you need the pharmaceutical-grade refrigerators and lab freezers for COVID-19 specimen storage, but your facility will also need proper units to ultimately store COVID-19 vaccines when they become available.
The lab refrigerators you buy for this purpose must meet the standards outlined by the CDC Vaccine Storage and Handling Tool Kit. This means that the storage units must:
The use of dormitory-style lab refrigerators or freezers is prohibited because these units typically have only one cooling coil in the freezer compartment and one exterior door. This can lead to the vaccines being frozen, rendering them useless.
Apart from that, you can buy anything from a medical-grade countertop model to a large unit, depending on your facility’s needs and storage space availability.
We provide a large selection of CDC-approved laboratory freezers and refrigeration units, built for scientific and medical applications. Some distinct features of our refrigeration units are:
You can also buy state-of-the-art bio freezers and ULT freezers with Twin Technology from our online store. Get your hands on a reliable 100% Redundant Dual Cooling System today!
Contact our team for more information.