subject: Dependency Of Medical Science On Refrigerators [print this page] It is a known fact that medical refrigeration is a very important component for the smooth functioning of any medical institution or so to say it is the base of any medical system. Though not apparent the utility of a laboratory refrigerator is of much higher value .You would not get the correct results of your samples if a laboratory refrigerator malfunctions. You will find a wide variety of refrigerators in today"s market from commercial refrigerator to blood bank refrigerators.
A blood bank refrigerator plays a very crucial role in the medical system. Blood bank refrigerator have to be reliable and are designed to meet strict requirements established by medical authorities. They are used for storing whole blood and blood components for which the temperature has to have an adjustable control, and be in the range of +1 degree C to +8 degree C, factory pre-set to +4 degree C. Several lives depend on the proper functioning of these refrigerators .You cannot a medical system to run efficiently without a proper blood bank, a blood bank is equally dependent on its refrigerator as much as on blood donors. Liters of blood can go a waste if the blood bank refrigerator happens to be a faulty one. That would mean losing the chance of saving several lives. These quiet running and unobtrusive medical refrigerators are one of those urgently needed and essential piece of medical equipment that keep medical labs functioning smoothly by holding/storage of the lab work (blood work) that doctors have requested them to take from their patients.
Next important medical equipment is the pharmacy refrigerator which helps in storing innumerable medicines, vaccines, anti-biotics, insulins etc. With advancement of technology there has been tremendous increase in diseases and so also a rapid growth in the treatment sector. There are highly expensive anti-biotics that are required to certain diseases which mandates cooling in a refrigerator, keeping it in room temperature will devoid it of the medicinal property. You will also find medical refrigerators used in nursing homes. It is for the same reason that pharmacies have these in their facilities, the nursing homes too have the medical refrigerators. Some medicines expire quickly. This is why they go about and have them. There are some patients who might require medications that need to be refrigerated. These medical refrigerators are far superior to regular domestic refrigerators and very reliable. Again how are the tests carried out in the laboratory? there is a variety of different applications done in the laboratory which needs high accuracy liquid handling techniques. Now in the microbiology lab and beyond, pipettes and other liquid handling solutions are essential elements in ensuring the accuracy; reliability and reproducibility of laboratory work these days and in that laboratory freezer have a very crucial role to play. A lab freezer is not just a bigger freezer like the ones that you find in your homes day to day, it is a precise device used to keep critical materials, many of them dangerous, at a constant, regulated temperature so that when test are done on them the test are accurate.
