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A Safer Way to Administer Medication Starts with Improving Identification

Did you know that a simple change in the design of medication bag labels such as IV or blood bags can decrease medication errors? Labels...

6 Handy Solutions for Handwriting Labels in Your Lab

This blog may be controversial. If you are a subscriber of our blog, you already know about our contempt for handwritten labeling. They are...

Exciting Innovation for 2D-Barcoded Tubes: PinTAG (Patent Pending)

Laboratories, biobanks, and biorepositories are increasingly using 2D-barcoded tubes to store their valuable samples in ultra-low temperature freezers and liquid nitrogen tanks. These cryo...

How to Improve Lab Sustainability & Energy Efficiency

There are various ways labs can improve their operations, increase inventory management reliability, reduce costs, and help ensure their experiments’ reproducibility. Improving your lab's...

Identifying Evidence in the Forensic Chain of Custody

Mishandled, misplaced, mislabeled, lost, or destroyed evidence can be responsible for letting criminals go free or convicting innocent defendants. With the stakes as high...

Piggyback Labels, What Are They?

Have you ever heard of piggyback labels—I know I didn’t before I began working for LabTAG. It turns out I had used them in...

30 Things You Can Label in the Lab

Labels help your laboratory get organized and track essential data. Here’s a quick rundown of 30 lab items waiting to be labeled.   1)Vials & Microtubes Vials...

7 Factors to Consider when Implementing Biobank LIMS Software

Biobanks must store high-quality biospecimen collected from sick and healthy donors, along with their associated clinical data such as demographic information, personal medical history,...

Defining Smart Labels & Tags for Identification

The advancements in technology have affected every industry, including the identification industry, which has led to the development of “smart” labels and tags. Smart...

The Physiology & Function of Thermal Printers

Thermal printers have never been more popular than they are today. They’re used in a variety of industries, from hospitals to the registers that...

The Digitization of the Lab: Trends and Best Practices

Research labs generate vast amounts of digital data that needs to be recorded, analyzed, and shared. Handling this amount of data manually and in...

Labeling for Cell Culture

Almost all labs in the biomedical research industry depend on cell culture to some degree. Many culture mammalian cells to understand molecular pathways, screen...

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How to Manage Work-Life Balance as a Scientist

A healthy work-life balance is one of the hardest feats to achieve in science. It might seem like a difficult task to...

GA International & DYMO® S’Unissent pour Améliorer l’Étiquetage en Laboratoire

Dans l’environnement dynamique des laboratoires, un étiquetage précis n’est pas un simple avantage, c’est une nécessité. Que vous manipuliez des produits chimiques,...

GA International & DYMO® Join Forces to Improve Laboratory Labeling

In the fast-paced environment of laboratories, accurate labeling is more than just a convenience—it’s a necessity. Whether you're handling chemicals, biological samples,...

Systematically Identifying the Problem of Mislabeled Specimens

Mislabeled specimens have been a problem since the dawn of modern medical care. Numerous articles have been published about the scope of...