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Lab Freezer & Refrigerator Maintenance: Protecting Your Investment

Whether in a university or hospital, lab refrigerator and freezer maintenance should be regularly carried out for maximum efficiency. Nowadays, functioning cold storage units are essential for preserving safety, cost-efficiency and quality assurance. For example: the COVID-19 vaccine can only maintain efficacy within ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers. In order to ensure consistent, adequately low temperatures,  … Read more

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5 Tips to Running a Cost-Efficient Lab

Every lab employee knows just how quickly things can go seriously wrong. Lab equipment is delicate, and often very expensive. A few careless missteps can lead to severe problems. Fortunately, there are ways to maintain a lab and prevent costly disasters. You can keep your lab cost-efficient, eco-friendly and productive with just a few simple,  … Read more

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ULT Freezers & the COVID-19 Vaccine

Within recent months, COVID-19 has completely upended our personal and professional lives. However, luckily, it seems as if widespread vaccination is on the horizon. And, out of the handful of vaccines that are in development, the two closest to being released will require specific temperatures in order to be effective. As a result, the demand  … Read more

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CO2 Incubators: Features You Should Know

Bio-scientists around the world rely on their CO2 incubators to stimulate the growth of organic materials like cells or tissue. At Cryostar, we know just how critical these machines are to the work of bio-science labs. Additionally, we do everything we can to help keep them functional and in great shape.   5 Important CO2  … Read more

3 Common Myths About Used Lab Equipment

Not every lab has the necessary budget to fill the lab with the most cutting-edge and brand new equipment. In fact, many labs have to operate in a more cost-efficient way. There are several savvy tactics administrators can employ in order to stay within their budget. Nowadays, one of the more cost-efficient ways to keep  … Read more

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3 Steps to a Successful Internal Lab Audit

What lab manager isn’t familiar with preparing for inspections? In professional labs, inspections are a necessary part of the job. Basically, they’re conducted to ensure safety and compliance with all guidelines and policies. There are several ways that lab administrators prepare for successful inspections. A popular way to prepare is conducting an internal lab audit.  … Read more

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Basic Laboratory Glassware and Equipment

Picture the modern lab. What do you see? Chances are, you’re picturing a lot of complex instruments and glassware. And you wouldn’t be wrong! Every lab, regardless of industry, relies on equipment and glassware. They’re an integral accessory to any lab’s work. However, are you familiar with the purpose of every glass beaker or pipette  … Read more

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Troubleshooting: Environmental Testing Chambers

For lab managers, lab equipment breakdowns can be one of the most inconvenient and stressful things that can happen. Obviously, environmental testing chamber units are intricate, complex and expensive. Therefore, malfunctions and disrepair are every lab worker’s worst nightmare. At Cryostar, we work every day to resolve these problems as swiftly and efficiently as possible.  … Read more

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COVID-19 Response: Mobile Refrigerators/Cold Rooms

The world at large is still doing its best to adapt to the challenges of COVID-19. Obviously, it’s been quite a challenge across the board. Here in New York, most businesses are still inactive, we’re still social distancing and soon we’ll prepare to slowly reopen. At Cryostar, we’ve done our part to adjust to the  … Read more

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COVID-19 Response: Rental Mobile Laboratory Units

Unfortunately, the country is still experiencing the consequences of COVID-19. Hospitals and morgues all over New York and Long Island are at maximum capacity. Therefore, we’re working tirelessly to provide every facility we can with mobile morgue units. In addition, we continue to work on your behalf with our new mobile lab units. At Cryostar  … Read more