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7 Tips to Help Keep Label Costs Down

Whether you’re working in a small university research lab or for a large pharmaceutical company, saving money is a key priority. This includes saving...

The Scope of Labeling Errors in the Clinic – Part 2

Healthcare institutions tend to use diverse systems for labeling specimens, each incorporating fail-safes at different levels of collection and processing. Many hospitals practice the Swiss cheese...

The Scope of Labeling Errors in the Clinic – Part 1

Studying the real-time effects of labeling errors in the lab is extremely difficult. Billions of patient specimens, including blood and urine samples, as well...

Addressing the Problem of Labeling PCR and qPCR Tubes

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is one of the most commonly performed laboratory procedures. This technique, used to amplify DNA or RNA sequences, is integral...

The Importance of Labeling in Clinical Trials

The continued globalization of clinical trials has created a new set of strategic, administrative, and linguistic challenges. This is in addition to the progressively...

Cold Storage Labeling Solutions

Not all labels are made to withstand the same temperature range, so it’s imperative that you choose the correct ones when considering cold storage...

The Device That Will Revolutionize Manual Tube Labeling

As the complexity of pre-clinical and clinical testing has increased over the last decade, labs have been challenged with collecting, processing, and storing more...

How RFID Labels Can Smarten Up Your Laboratory

In our previous post we introduced the basics of how Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) works. We also briefly touched upon the way it might help researchers...

Everything you need to know about RFID technology

If you've read our previous blogs, you already know about printing and barcode technologies and the key role they play in improving identification, traceability and productivity. But...

Types of Barcodes and What They Do

Previously, we established that thermal printers are ideal for printing barcodes. The use of barcodes has multiple advantages, including improved data management and lower...

Label Printing Technologies for Labs

When choosing the label printing solution that’s right for your application, it is important to take into consideration what printing method you will be...

Proper Labeling in the Lab – Do’s and Don’ts

We’re all familiar with the devastating consequences that can occur when critical information is mishandled in the clinic: the patient or sample ID is...

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6 Soft Skills Everyone Should Master in the Lab

Unlike “hard” skills, which are directly associated with carrying out specific tasks in the lab, “soft” skills are those related to communication...

GA International investit dans un système de surveillance de haute technologie pour soutenir la qualité de la production et la satisfaction de la clientèle

Laval, QC – GA International, un leader mondial en solutions spécialisées d’étiquetage, a annoncé une mise à niveau majeure dans ses capacités...

GA International Invests in a New High-tech Monitoring System to Uphold Production Quality & Customer Satisfaction

Laval, QC - GA International, a global leader in specialty labeling solutions, has announced a major upgrade to its print inspection capabilities...

4 Tips for Designing Scientific Figures for Manuscripts

Scientific figures form the backbone of communication between researchers. Ideas and supporting evidence are primarily shared not only through text and speech...