A clinical laboratory, recently achieved great success in their operations thanks to the implementation of top-of-the-line equipment. They invested in a Class II type A2 biological safety cabinet, which provided their staff with a safe and secure environment for handling hazardous substances. Additionally, they upgraded their Pharmacy refrigerators, ensuring the integrity of the medications they store. Finally, they also acquired a Laboratory centrifuge, which enabled them to process samples more efficiently and accurately. These investments paid off tremendously, as the lab experienced significant improvements in productivity, accuracy, and safety, ultimately leading to better patient outcomes.
Biological safety cabinet
Class II type A2 biological safety cabinet is the most commonly seen equipment hospitals clinical labs. A negative pressure safety device is mainly used for handling pathogenic biological samples in clinical lab for microbiology or biotechnology operation, including medium preparation, tissue culture, blood elements analysis, human histology, polymerase chain reaction, blood test/analysis.
The clients appreciated Unicorn’s Class II type A2 biosafety cabinet in their clinical lab due to its multiple BSCs technology, outstanding comfort during daily heavy duty, reliable safety with alarm indication, and also engery efficiency.
Bioaerosol contamination is a major issue in clinical labs. Droplet nuclei (1-um) can stay airborne for hours, convey over long distances, and contaminate surfaces by falling down. Aerosol production can occur if adequate precautions are not taken even when the laboratory equipment is used properly. Precedures like centrifugation, mixing operations, aspiration, and pipetting are common activities or sources of aerosol production in the clinical lab. so there are many documented cases of laboratory-acquired infections (LAI) worldwide resulting from the production and inhalation of bioaerosols.
Unicorn biological safety cabinet exceed current conventional BSC standards and offer outstanding safety for Thailand physicians when things don’t go as expected.
Pharmacy refrigerator and lab freezers
Laboratory products and samples in clinical laboratories are at risk of degradation due to their components’ heat-sensitivity and vulnerability to the rapid growth of microorganisms. To prevent these unwanted instances from happening. pharmacy refrigerators play an important role in preserving samples’ integrity and viability. Refrigerated vaccines, for example, must be stored at between 2℃~8℃ to maintain their potency, otherwise, it may result in product loss.
Pharmacy refrigerators are used in this clinical lab for placing and preserving storage such as drug, vaccine, enzymes and other important biological and chemical reagents.
From the customer’s perspective, large storage with small footprint is what they considered when buying a new freezer or refrigerator. For there are too many medical and laboratory equipments placed in the clinical lab, so lab space is so valuable. Different kinds of audible and visual alarm are also necessary so that they can make sure their precious biological samples are stored safely.
The client selected Unicorn SUF-5U1006 2~8℃ pharmacy refrigerator with precise temperature control accurate to 0.1℃, height adjustable shelves to make full use of variable storage space.
Laboratory centrifuge
This customer also chose Unicorn’s multifunctional laboratory centrifuge to separate blood, urine or other biological samples. Optional rotors with adapters accomadate different vacuum tubes. The clients told us that the adapters are solidly constructed and can be easily cleaned and autovlaved in event of contaminationwith biological active sample material. They are also satisfied with some safety designs are incorporated in the centrifuge including motor-overheating protection, automatic rotor identification, electronic imbalance detection, etc.
The circulatory system delivers nutrients throughout the body by circulating blood in our system. Blood picks up chemical and molecular cues from different parts of the body thereby getting a representation of the state of the individual. Since blood drawing techniques have been developed, laboratory testing has been useful in guiding physicians on the medical decisions.
The liquid components of the blood contains the analytes that are detected in the clinical chemistry tests. Results of testing are affected when other cells present in the blood interact with the serum or plasma. Thus prompt centrifugation is recommended to separate the cells from other components after blood collection.
The choice of sample type depends on the clinical assay to be performed. In general, serum samples (liquid component/ plasma without clotting factors) are used for clinical testing as they do not contain any anticoagulant that may interfere with downstream testing. So the performance of centrifuge in a clinical laboratories is critical for the separation of liquid and solid components.
Clinical lab plays a vital part in evaluation of patients’ health
In Vitro diagnosis involves examination of tissue, evaluation of blood samples, and study of cells and neucleic acid (DNA) in a biosafety level 2 labortoratory supported by high-quality medical and laboratory equipment. Thanks to the professional solutions provided by Unicorn Medical, physicians in clinical lab offer much more accurate diagnosis and tailored therapy for patients. The following table show the general equipment used in hospital’s clinical labs.
| Application scenarios | Equipment |
| Sample Preparation | Laboratory centrifuge; Laboratory Ovens, Ultrapure Water |
| Sample Handling | Class II Type A2/B2 Biological Safety Cabinet, Laminar Flow Clean Bench |
| Sample Detection | Automated Nucleic Acid Extractor, PCR thermal cycler, Real-time PCR, PCR Cabinet |
| Sample Storage | Ultra-low Temperature Freezer, Biomedical Deep Freezer, Pharmacy Refrigerator |
| Sample Cultivation | Microbiology Incubator, CO2 Incubator, Laboratory Shakers |
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Unicorn Medical’s professional lifescience solutions cover most of the products listed in the above clincal laboratory equipment table. We will help guide you in the process of finding the right laboratory supplies you need.
