Category: Cdc storage and handling

What to Know About Biomedical Refrigerators Before Buying

Biomedical refrigerators and freezers are designed specifically to store medical samples such as vaccines and medicines, chemicals, blood and blood products. A biomedical freezer can be found in hospitals, research labs, pharmacies and more.

A biomedical refrigerator differs from a commercial fridge or freezer by offering options for different needs. A medical grade freezer might require temperatures to be around -90 degrees Fahrenheit. This temperature would be good for laboratories to store samples.

Vaccines have saved countless lives since their inception. Measles, polio, smallpox, and whooping cough no longer hold the death toll as the did before the vaccine to treat them came out. While vaccines themselves have been around for over 300 years, large-scale production of vaccines came out in the 1940’s. The large-scale production has saved countless lives and people around the world depend on them to keep their loved ones as well as themselves safe from preventable death