Since COVID-19 swept the globe last year, technology and equipment for research, treatment, and cures have been in high demand. As a global society, our response has drawn on lessons learned from outbreaks of diseases in the past and taught several lessons for outbreaks of the future.
Companies such as Delta, which specialize in lab supply, have been doing everything possible to avoid their supply chain from breaking down. The need for equipment big and small, from lab beakers, pipettes, and test tubes to low-temperature storage has been at an all-time high. This has added pressure to smooth out even the smallest of issues that may compromise delivery and risk a domino effect on supply chains.
Throughout the pandemic, we’ve seen companies across the world pull together to provide personal protective equipment, or PPE kits, and other PPE gear. Those who can have donated and contributed getting lab equipment or supporting health services in every country.
As we’ve turned the focus to developing the covid vaccine and keeping people safe, we’ve needed ways to test our population through means, such as PCR tests. As the vaccination has been rolled out, we have seen new issues to those of the stage before, as is the common theme across the entire pandemic. The rise in equipment usage is in the millions to battle coronavirus in Canada and the rest of the world, from micro-plate sealing films and microtubes to ultra-low temperature freezers.
In the early stages of vaccines, some were required to be stored at temperatures as low as -80⁰C. This was problematic as not many vaccine hosting stations were set up with the correct freezing equipment, transporting the vaccinations also proved an issue. Delta aided this particular cause with our ultra-low freezing units.
Delta is proud to stock the biggest -86⁰C ultra-low freezer on the market, produced by Across International. The Ai 35 Cu Ft -86⁰C ultra-low upright freezer is ideal for storing high numbers of samples and products, the unique dual-parallel compressor design offers rapid cooling and temperature uniformity inside the chamber. The cooling system is CDC and VFC compliant, great for storage of DNA, RNA, virus samples, organs, serum, and of course, Covid-19 vaccines.
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