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NEWS:New CARE Product Line
From Signage and Sanitizer Stations in entrances and lobbies to Protective Polycarbonate Shields in offices and retail, our team will learn about your property and suggest options for you to consider to be sure you’re well prepared during the pandemic. The CARE line is customizable to your employee and facility needs, are easy-to-install and ship within days of ordering! With 23 years of manufacturing experience and working with thousands of customers, our shift in focus will allow us to use our expertise in the markets we serve and the materials we use to be a helpful partner at this time.
NEWS:Staples Promotional Products has the products you need to promote and maintain social safety while strengthening your brand experience.
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NEWS:Navigating Space Issues and Social Distancing in Public and University Libraries. Read More.
Furniture Designs for the New Future of Learning, Travel and Work.
Take a look at this new video to see the many solutions we offer to help promote social distancing and proper separation in your space. Watch Now.
NEWS:COVID-19 Update
Custom kitting for special needs
Personal protection for students, staff and guests
American Education has a large volume of sanitizing wands in stock, ready to ship. The wands use moderate UV-C exposure to help eliminate bacteria, viruses, fungi, molds, and more on the surfaces of a variety of surfaces without any damage.
Single-use sanitizing protection
More Information:Protective acrylic shields. Learn More.
As some of the products American Education Supply (AES) sells are manufactured in China, the company is closely monitoring the coronavirus situation.
AES is assessing the full impact with their suppliers that manufacture in China and doing everything they can to mitigate risk and avoid any interruptions in service. AES is carefully monitoring their supply chain to continue to service E&I members with those products for the foreseeable future. If there are delays with certain items produced in China, AES will assist E&I members in finding alternatives wherever possible.
AES will continue to update E&I members on the situation. For more information, contact your AES representative or E&I Member Relations Representative.
Mask coverings from American Education Supply can be customized with your institution’s logo and branding. Contact Stephanie Casale for details.
NEWS:Ferguson Building Resilience While Navigating Through Covid-19
Hands-Free Door Hardware
Ferguson has the sanitation products you need to keep yourself and your customers clean. Learn More.
NEWS:A Message to Our Education and Library Partners About COVID-19
COVID-19 and Libraries: Your Questions Answered
8 Demco Partners to Produce Medical Face Shields
Advice from Public Libraries That Have Reopened
Reopening School: 8 Considerations for Fall 2020. Read More.
Planning for how to reopen your library and keep students, staff, and patrons safe? Listen now to this free webinar with librarian and pediatrician Dipesh Navsaria from May 12.
Learn How to Design Your Library for a Post-COVID World
DEMCO introduces new products to promote safety in schools and libraries
Put a Mobile Sink Wherever You Need It – DEMCO Introduces New Mobile Hand-Washing Sinks
More Information:The Book Sterilizer
Foldable Economy Desk Barriers
Products & Resources For Reopening Safely
NEWS:Can Social Distancing Drive Better Classroom Utilization Policies in Higher Ed? Read More
The Power of Data in Uncertain Times
Is Asking How Much to Spend Really the Right Question?
NEWS:HVAC Guidance and Resources Related to Coronavirus
Learn what the standards are for a filter to be considered a HEPA filter
NEWS:Transformations Furniture Shifts Production to PPE
Helping Keep First Responders Safe in the Fight Against COVID-19
NEWS:New Carrier OptiClean™ Negative Air Machine to Help Hospitals Slow Spread of COVID-19. Learn More.
Carrier Launches Healthy Buildings Program to Help Customers Reinvent Their Buildings for Occupant Health. Read More.
NEWS:COVID-19 Response Support
More Information:The State of Facilities in Higher Education Highlights Trends Further Aggravated by COVID-19 Pandemic
Can Social Distancing Drive Better Classroom Utilization Policies in Higher Ed?
NEWS: COVID-19/Coronavirus Updates
Beckman Coulter Announces Development of Tests to Detect Coronavirus Antibodies
Webinar: Analytical Ultracentrifuge Symposium Series | June 25th 1:00 -3:00 PM EDT
Join us in our first symposia of the series where subject-matter-experts will cover topics focused on Analytical Ultracentrifugation (AUC) in Gene Therapy Analytics and in support of GMP Environments. Upon registering, you will receive an e-mail from ZOOM with the meeting dial-in information. Register Now.
More Information:Beckman Coulter announces May launch of its SARS-CoV-2 serology test and ramps production to deliver over 30 million tests per month. Learn More.
Beckman Coulter’s SAR-CoV-2 IgG antibody test now available in markets accepting the CE Mark. Learn More.
Accelerating Viral Research Workflows & Vaccine Development
The worldwide need for effective industry partners to support the global response to emerging public health concerns is more urgent than ever, and Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is part of the solution. We are a market leader with an established reputation of excellent products and services in categories such as centrifugation, genomics, cell counting/viability, flow cytometry, particle counting and liquid handling solutions.
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NEWS:Healthcare-related microscopes and other products
Virtual Demonstrations Now Available!
Recommended Handling and Disinfecting Procedures for Nikon Microscope products to reduce spread of infectious agents including SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus). Learn More.
Check out Nikons upcoming webinars.
BioPipeline: The perfect platform for live sample high content
New Nikon Bioimaging Services
NEWS:Minimizing Airborne Transmission in the Workplace
Whether you were able to tune in or missed it live, this summary outlines research and best practices from a recent webinar with Dr. Alan Hedge, world renowned ergonomics and indoor air quality expert, along with input from Humanscale’s in-house experts.
When it comes to minimizing the airborne transmission of COVID-19 in your office, it’s more about managing and controlling air flow than physical layouts.
– Dr. Alan Hedge
A number of recent studies have shown that COVID-19 can travel much farther than previously thought and can enter HVAC systems. This is why simply distancing by 6 feet (or more) is not enough to ensure safety in the office. Here is what’s recommended to manage and minimize the airborne spread of COVID-19, and future viruses, in the office.
Recommendation #1
Implement Localized Protection at the Workstation
Organizations around the world, including the CDC and the UK government, have recommended installing separation panels as part of a safe return to work program. Separation panels work to both capture and contain microdroplets at a workstation. In his webinar, Dr. Hedge showed two simulations of what happens to the microdroplets dispelled when someone sneezes at a workstation. One simulation shows a desk without panels where microdroplets move quickly across the room and encounter someone 8 feet away. The other shows a desk with 30″ tall panels where the microdroplets are stopped. Here’s a video of the simulation.
When choosing panels, it’s important to consider height, design, ease of cleaning and durability. In terms of height, Dr. Hedge suggested that 36″ would be ideal. However the simulation above was done using 30″ panels and other experts have suggested that performance would be similar as long as panels are 24″ high. The second simulation, which incorporates vertical panels plus a top panel, showed microdroplets circling back and exiting the rear of the workstation into the breathing zone of individuals. For this reason, we do not recommend adding a top panel to the workstation.
Recommendation #2
Focus on Filtration of Building Air
About 55% of microdroplets are captured by separation panels or pushed down to the floor. The remaining 45% rise above the panels where they should then be captured by the HVAC air flow and moved to air vents. For this reason, it’s important to consider effective HVAC air filters.
In his talk, Dr. Hedge recommended filters that are at the MERV 13 level or higher. There are also new air filtering technologies that are being developed and are particularly effective in killing airborne viruses. Germicidal ultraviolet light, for instance, reduces 99% of the microbial load. Other types filtering technology, like “Far UV-C,” cold plasma systems and nickel foam, are currently being designed for commercial applications
Controlling the movement of microdroplets away from employees’ breathing zones with panels and employing a filter system that can capture, or deactivate, viruses is the best way to minimize airborne transmission and the overall viral load in a facility.
Click here for more information on separation panels. For access to Dr. Hedge’s full webinar, contact your Humanscale representative.
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Return to Work – Products, Software and Services
Universal Privacy Panals
PETG vs. Acrylic
WellGuard Separation Panels
NEWS:COVID-19 Update
Laboratory Equipment to Help Combat COVID-19
More Information:Erlab Captair Pyramid Portable & Disposable Glove Bag
A Solution to Safely Reuse N95 Respirator Masks: Shortwave UVC Light Decontamination
The Erlab Halo from LabRepCo gives the option of HEPA filtration to remove harmful particulates & aerosols in your lab, office, or classroom.
NEWS:How UPS is responding to the Coronavirus
UPS Mobilizes Against Coronavirus In Collaboration With Global Customers And U.S. Agencies
UPS COVID-19 Partnership Letter
NEWS:DLT remains open for business and is standing by to support you as working from home (WFH) becomes the new normal.
Big Data in a Time of Big Viruses: How the World is Using Data & Analytics to Fight COVID-19
Remote Working in the Time of COVID-19: These Steps Are Key to Cybersecurity
More Information: Webinar: How to Leverage Amazon Web Services to Enable and Provision Remote Work and Distance Learning. Watch Now
Working from Home? Here’s How AWS Can Help
Students Need Resources on Their Own Devices—How Are You Delivering?
Please contact your DLT representative or get in touch with DLT here to see how we can help solve your current IT challenges. We’re all in this together.
NEWS:Working together and following recommended best practices will allow us to continue to provide transportation services to our valued customers with appropriate levels of caution and concern. United will continue to monitor this situation daily and take any additional measures needed as we navigate this situation.
COVID-19 Update
Press Release: Suspension of 2020 Peak Season Rating
NEWS:COVID-19 Impact on the Construction Market
GRS Reconstruction Services Ready To Help with Coronavirus Clean-up
Supply Chain Update | Lead Times and Prices
NEWS:PPG’S Continued Commitment to Safety and Our Customers
More Information:PPG’S Hand sanitizer and the Safety Data
Concrobium Broad Spectrum Disinfectant II
Shockwave RTU Disinfectant/Sanitizer/Cleaner
PPG to produce 100,000 gallons of hand sanitizer for Home Depot employees
NEWS:We are closely monitoring the Coronavirus outbreak and are proactively managing any potential impact on our ability to supply you while maintaining a safe work environment for our employees. The current assessment by our global team is that our ability to maintain adequate production levels and service to our customers is not in jeopardy.
Our plants remain in full operation and our business units and associated manufacturing facilities have met the criteria of an essential business as outlined in paragraphs 9 and 12 of the Ohio Stay at Home order from the Director of the Ohio Department of Health issued March 22, 2020. Our Tremco Construction Products Group staff (Tremco, Dryvit, Nudura, Willseal, WTI and WTC) who are not essential to production, will be working remotely, and will stay connected to one another and to you. Please continue to reach out with questions by email and phone during normal business hours. In addition to remote working for all non-essential staff, other precautions that we are taking:
Banning all non-essential work-related travel Increasing cleaning and sanitization of high touch areas Banning all non-essential outside visitors; for essential visitors such as contractors, enacting policy for screening and/or temperature scanning As the situation with COVID-19 evolves, our plans may alter too. As we work together through this unprecedented event, we will continue to provide the strong support and service you have come to know and rely on for your business.
Please know that we are thinking of you and hope that you and your families stay safe and healthy during these uncertain times.
Thank you,
Tremco Construction Products Group
NEWS: Watch Now: A B&H video about coming together while staying safe
In response to the financial challenges schools are facing, B&H is offering an additional discount on the already competitive E&I contract pricing. Log in to the B&H Purchasing Portal.
Home Life, Learn More.
Temporary Store Closure – Online, Phones & Store Pickup Are Open
Access B&H products on their E&I Portal
Supporting NYC’s Healthcare Heroes
Live Streaming from Home
B&H has a variety of solutions for your COVID-related needs.
These include:
NEWS:COVID-19 Update from Airgas
Airgas is one of the largest safety/PPE distributors in the US, partnering with leading PPE manufacturers including 3M, Honeywell, and Dupont. Airgas products are shipped from one of six major distribution centers. With a selection of PPE and related safety products available through the E&I agreement, Airgas is ready to help members safely reopen.
Please reach out to Airgas for more information on the following items:
- Face shields (adult sizes readily available; child sizes coming soon)
- Face covering masks (add your custom logos)
- Signage (social distancing, hygiene, traffic control, directional arrows and more)
- Sanitizing floor mats
- Barriers for social distancing
- Sanitizer (sizes from 2 oz. to 1 gal. with many options in between)
- Soaps, lotions, dispensers
- Portable hand washing stations
- IR thermometers and first aid
- Gloves, safety glasses, goggles and other general PPE
- Antimicrobial disinfectants
- Towels/rags/wipers
- Spray bottles
- Garden sprayers
- UV cabinets (disinfect safety glasses, goggles & face shields)
More Information:Safety Products/PPE
Safety Beyond Products
NEWS:Click here to learn how Workday is responding to the crisis and ways you can navigate this ever-changing environment.
The Safety of Our Community: Precautions We’re Taking at Workday
Joining Forces to Fight Coronavirus
Workday Podcast: Higher Education and the Future of Skills Development After COVID-19
NEWS:Responding to COVID-19: Serving customers and associates with essential products and services
More Information:List of JanSan supplies
Reopening Strategies and Supplies for Schools and Universities. Learn More
Clean Slate. Fresh Start.
Lowe’s has everything you need to reopen your school with confidence. Read More
NEWS:A message from our North American CEO
Tarkett Streamlines Sales Support for FEMA and Emergency Response
NEWS:COVID-19 Precautions
Irwin Seating’s location in Grand Rapids, Michigan is in the process of making over 10,000 fabric facemasks for local veteran’s homes, assisted living facilities, mental health organizations and first responders. The masks are being distributing via a local nonprofit organization. Learn More
The New Normal – Preparing Your Facility And Guests For A Safe Return
NEWS:A Message from Global’s CEO about COVID-19
Global Provides Bedside Tables to COVID-19 Emergency Field Hospital in New Orleans
More Information: Quick Product Solutions
Global’s healthcare textile program is now available on all workplace and education seating products with standard delivery times. Read More.
Infection control in the workplace. Learn More.
Disinfecting your product. Learn More.
Products
NEWS:Certification for Customers Regarding Coronavirus
An Important Update on Stores
Equipment and Application Methods for Professional Disinfecting Protocols
Introducing SaniSpray HP™
NEWS:Core Health & Fitness COVID-19 Update
Free 2020 Virtual Tradeshow & Roundtable Series | Join Core Health & Fitness for a deep dive into the hot topics surrounding the campus recreation community. Watch Now
More Information:How to Maintain Health and Sanitize Equipment
NEWS:CTP remains fully committed to providing E&I members with every resource available during this evolving situation. Visit the CTP website for announcements and links that will assist in guiding you in making the most informed travel decision prior to making contact with CTP’s full-service agents
Case Study | Business Continuity and Disaster Response: A public university in the Midwest has trusted CTP, powered by CTM, for over 6 years to support travelers in a unmandated program setting. In 2020, when a global crisis developed, CTM enacted continuity and emergency response protocols as part of our immediate response to COVID-19 to support student repatriation—regardless of their initial point of booking.
More Information: Travel Management Services:
NEWS:Xerox’s core business process, called the Business Continuity Assessment Program (BCAP), oversees all Xerox functions to assure plans are in place and regularly tested to ensure Xerox remains operational despite business risks. Learn More
Xerox to Manufacture Hospital-Grade Sanitizer in U.S. and Canada for Frontline Healthcare Workers. Learn More.
More Information:When Working from Home Isn’t a Choice: Simple Ways to Stay Focused and Productive
How to Meet When You Can’t Actually Meet
NEWS:A&M-Commerce Faculty Hope Assistive Robot Can Provide Human Connection. Read More.
More Information:Watch a replay of the Interim CIO Service & IT Leadership During Covid-19 & Beyond webinar to hear from two universities about how an interim CIO from CAG helped their institutions make significant IT progress and respond to cybersecurity threats and needs, especially during this pandemic.
Many campuses have been inquiring about:
- Remote IT helpdesk and user support
- Bandwidth management for increased simultaneous users
- Remote Banner / SIS / LMS / application support to help scale remote and distance education workloads
- Network and infrastructure support to help your stakeholders with VPN and remote access
- Cybersecurity consultation around increased remote access to campus systems and data
- Assistance implementing campus IT directives as they arise
NEWS:Providing essential services during this time of uncertainty, Carrier’s response to COVID-19
More Information:Benefits of UV-C light HVAC disinfection
Case Study: IQAir® reduces harmful classroom air pollutants by up to 94%
AirVisual Pro: High-accuracy, comprehensive air monitoring
Gree 7 Yr. Parts Warranty
NEWS:CDW-G’s esports team is hosting an Esports in Education Summer Webinar Series on building an esports program at your district or campus. Topics include best practices, hardware, organization, leagues, classroom curriculum, and more. All webinars are on Fridays and will be repeated once to make attendance easier. Learn More.
Our Education Strategy & Transformation team partners with school leaders and educators across the country to ensure technology is used in ways that enhance instruction and improve both student experiences and achievement.
In this time of crisis, many educational institutions are turning to online learning to keep students on track. CDW-G is here to help, offering everything you need to quickly get started.
A laptop and a workspace alone are often not enough to drive productivity. Having the right equipment and resources for online learning can ensure that faculty, staff, and students are successful.
Remote learning requires more than a laptop. In order to set faculty, staff, and students up for success, institutions need to provide the proper tools and resources. This includes collaboration and communication software, authentication and VPNs, monitors, productivity tools, and more. Learn More.
CDW-G has plug-and-play camera solutions that are ideally suited for remote learning, giving teachers an “in person” quality to their daily instruction. All cameras are certified for use with Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
Let the expert staff at CDW-G help you set up and manage web conferencing solutions from leading providers, such as Cisco WebEx, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and many more.
More Information:Leverage the tools you need to create K-12 learning spaces conducive to active learning, engagement and inspiration, whether in the classroom or remote. Learn More.
Check out these resources for additional information about how your educational institution can enable a successful online environment:
Delivering the Modern Meeting Experience This whitepaper discusses how to enable effective video collaboration solutions.
It’s Time to Adopt Mobile Devices and Productivity Apps That Enable Anytime, Anyplace Work. This blog discusses the challenges and how to overcome hurdles to make remote strategies successful.
NEWS:As education institutions and other organizations shift to a remote workforce and remote learning, Connection has a breakdown of free trials and special offers that will help you get up and running quickly. Learn More.
K-12 Remote Learning Information Sheet This webpage includes information on extended trial offers and flexible financing options, cost reductions on products needed for remote learning, and more.
Connection’s professional development services assist educators with integrating appropriate and meaningful tools to increase the effectiveness of both teaching and learning. Learn More.
TechSperience Channel Podcasts:
Teaching During the Pandemic – Cisco Roundtable on Distance Learning. The move to distance learning exposed a variety of issues facing education today. In this episode, you’ll learn valuable information about the current situation and factors to consider as hybrid learning models are put in place for the fall.
Three Ways the CARES Act Can Support K-12, Part One . The first in a series for K-12, episode 66 covers how to build a K-12 return strategy by creating the flexibility to transition from in-classroom to distance learning with minimum disruption.
Higher Education Preparing for an Epic Gap Year. In this episode, Sean McCann, Sr. Manager Higher Ed Alliances at Connection, discusses how higher education can prepare to survive what could be the biggest gap year in history.
COVID-19 Spawning a New Digital Transformation. Episode 55 covers a McKenzie report on the 5 Horizons and the steps and cautions of going back to the office.
Working Remote and How to Make the Most of IT. This episode covers the brighter side of “self-quarantine.”
The Effects of the Coronavirus on Technology. Learn how AI and data science are playing a crucial role in the COVID-19 outbreak. Learn what BlueDot understood about activity around Wuhan, China before the WHO issued a public statement. Also learn how Tech companies are responding to the challenges schools and universities are facing as they turn to their online models.
Connected Blogs:
- Teaching from Home: Resources to Turn You from Parent to Teacher
- Creating a COVID-19 Cyber Security Plan
- Secure Remote Access in the Age of COVID-19
More Information:Connection experts can help you select audio and video conferencing software from leading providers, such as Cisco WebEx, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and more.
For more information or if you need assistance, please contact Lisa Triciani: lisa.trisciani@connection.com or Bob Marconi: bob.marconi@connection.com.
They’re standing by to get your company or school set up on any of these offers. We’ll work to understand your unique needs and get you up and running as fast as possible. Reach out to your Account Manager or call us to set up a consultation.
More Information:Key Benefits to E&I Members:
- Focus Staff on Outbreak Priorities: Enable current IT staff/resources within the institution to shift attention to ensuring all students/faculty/staff have access to the technology needed for remote courses
- Deferred Payment Options: Focus on getting the right support services—when needed
- Immediate Surge Support for Oracle Systems: Mythics’ remote team can be onboarded quickly
- Supports Remote Work Paradigms: Flexible support during reduced availability of internal staff
- Daily and Weekly Key System Health Checks: Helps ensure the availability and continued performance of key systems
- Database & Infrastructure Monitoring: Helps prevent incidents and problems from occurring
- Improved Visibility Through Reporting: Ensures key stakeholders are informed 24×7
- Emergency Surge Services Information & Catalog
NEWS:D2L is committed to ensuring the continuity of learning through this challenging time.
From classroom to online: What you need to know about COVID-19 – As cases of COVID-19 continue to spread across the country, districts and entire states are closing their educational institutions. As that disruption to learning continuity leads to knowledge loss that may never be regained. D2L can help you develop a rapid response option to keep your students learning throughout the disruption. Visit D2L’s COVID-19 Resource Page
Reimagining Liberal Arts Colleges: Why it Matters Now More Than Ever: Watch a replay of this webinar that details what makes liberal arts colleges unique and how they must pivot to stay alive and prosper moving forward.
More Information:D2L and Bayfield Design Team Up on COVID-19 Complementary Online Course: Based on the science behind COVID-19, this course helps learners and educators understand the global pandemic, its risks, and how to effectively manage it.
D2L is offering a Quick Start Care Package to help you move online as rapidly as possible. Learn more about how we can work together through the COVID-19 outbreak.
Continue Learning Outside the Classroom with Brightspace
Reimagining Course Design: Leveraging Feedback to Improve the Online Learner’s Experience: Watch a replay of this webinar on leveraging feedback experiences in online learning.
NEWS:Enterprise Rent-A-Car Ready to Help University Students Get Home
Our Response. Our Responsibility.
Complete Clean Pledge
Enterprise Holdings Car Rental Brands Implement Complete Clean Pledge; Rolling Out New Innovative Rental Processes
Travel for business with confidence. Rent & Drive
NEWS:Coronavirus (COVID-19) How Grainger is Preparing and Responding
Grainger Pandemic Recovery Guide
Webinar: Learn how to best use employee’s time while they work remotely; how to overcome some of the challenges managing this process, and more.
More Information:- Communicable diseases resources
- Communicable disease checklist
- School Safety Essentials
- Campus Safety Essentials
- Acrylic Sneeze Guards
- Workplace Distancing Layout
- Temperature Detection KIOSKS
- Multi-Target Temperature Detection Camera
- Space Utilization and Traffic Management Monitoring
- UV Light Disinfection
- Solutions for Surge Planning Implementation
NEWS:Henry Schein Coronavirus Resource Center
Press Release: Henry Schein Launches COVID-19 Resource Center
Melville-based Henry Schein Inc.: COVID-19 test kits almost ready to ship
More Information:Guide to Face Mask Selection and Use
Infection Prevention & Control, Coronavirus Preparedness
Coronavirus Education Center
NEWS:COVID-19 Update
COVID Resources:
More Information:What Should Employers Consider as they draft a Return to Work Policy?
What Employers Should Consider Amidst the Coronavirus Crisis
How to Manage Form I-9 amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
Desperate Times Call for Prudent Measures
What Should Employers Consider As They Adapt Their Background Screening Program?
NEWS:COVID-19: Key considerations for universities communications & marketing teams
Brands Under Fire in Education: Crisis Management in the Digital Age
COVID-19 | Online Conversations Analysis:
NEWS:Medline Redeploys Manufacturing Capabilities in Wisconsin to Bring More Hand Sanitizer to Market
Medline Teams Working to Provide PPE to Nation’s Healthcare Providers
Three Key Factors to Consider When Disinfecting Surfaces
Disposable face masks now in stock at greatly reduced prices
Hand Sanitizer Produced at Medline to Help Healthcare Workers – Learn More.
Medline is now offering a collection of over 250 carefully curated courses to support it’s customers during the COVID-19 public health emergency – Learn More .
More Information:Infection Prevention
Back-to-Work Packs
Respiratory Products
Central Sterile Supplies
Safety Equipment:
NEWS:MityLite has announced new Countertop Shields that help stop the spread of germs and keep people safe. Watch Now.
Multi-Purpose Partitions
More Information:The Complete Guide To Cleaning MityLite & Holsag Products
NEWS:Regular updates on biomedical product inventory
CDC: Summary of the Storage Needs for COVID-19
Mayo Clinic: Comparison of Energy Efficient -80°C Freezers for Biorepository Storage
Testing for COVID-19
- Coronavirus is an RNA-based virus, and unlike DNA, RNA is much more delicate and degrades easily in a laboratory setting. Scientists must extract this RNA from the viral specimen to test for diagnoses, and because of its delicate nature, it requires very strict storage requirements.
- The Test Kit (diagnostic) for COVID-19 is a real-time RT-PCR based test. This is a very common lab technique that converts RNA to DNA. It then amplifies that DNA using special enzymes, fluorescent dyes, and reagents to quantify nucleic acid. In this case, the test is looking to see if the COVID-19 nucleic acid is present.
- Storage of the virus specimen itself:
- Swabs from patients: Specimens can be stored at 4°C for up to 72 hours after collection
- If a delay in extraction is expected, store specimens at -70°C or lower
- Storage of nucleic acids (RNA):
- Extracted nucleic acids should be stored at -70°C or lower
- Storage of the test kit:
- Primers/Probes for PCR:
- One aliquot of primers/probe at 2 – 8°C in the dark
- Store remaining aliquots at ≤ -20°C in a non-frost-free freezer
- Store remaining PCR test sample for future verification at -70°C or lower
- Primers/Probes for PCR:
- Swabs from patients: Specimens can be stored at 4°C for up to 72 hours after collection
- -80°C Ultra Low Temperature Freezers for CDC Mandates archival of viral specimens and extracted RNA & cDNA
- -86°C Upright Freezers, VIP Series
- MD F-U76VA-PA
- MD F-U76VC-PA
- MD F-DU702VH-PA
- MD F-DU900VC-PA
- MD F-DU901VHA-PA
- -86°C Upright Freezers, Twin Guard Series
- MD F-DU302VX-PA
- MD F-DU502VXC-PA
- MD F-DU702VXC-PA
- -86°C Chest Freezers
- MD F-C8V1-PA
- MD F-DC700VXC-PA
- -86°C Upright Freezers, VIP Series
- -30°C Biomedical Freezers and High-Performance Refrigerators for safe, secure storage of COVID-19 diagnostic test kit components: PCR enzymes, primers, buffers
- High Performance Refrigerators
- MPR-S300H-pa
- MPA-514-PA
- MPR-514R-PA
- MPR-1014-PA
- MPR-1014R-PA
- -30°C Biomedical Freezers
- MDF-MU339HL-PA
- MDF-MU539HL-PA
- MDF-U731-PA
- MDF-U731M-PA
- Biomedical Refrigerator with Freezer Combo
- MPR-215F-PA
- MPR-715F-PA
- High Performance Refrigerators
- CO2 Incubators for housing viral modeling assays and vaccine development platforms
- CO2 & Multigas Incubators
- MCO-170ACL-PA
- MCO-170AICUVDL-PA
- MICO-170AICUVL-PA
- MCO-230AICUVL-PA
- MCO-80ICL-PA
- CO2 & Multigas Incubators
More Information:Go on a 3D tour to open up PHCbi laboratory in stock incubators and freezers. Choose from a menu of views with special component highlights & pop-up information on what you’re seeing & why it’s essential for your academic research efforts.
In Stock Critical Lab Equipment Ships Now
Expedited Delivery of Critical Laboratory Products for COVID-19 Testing and Research
NEWS:Coronavirus Solutions & Resources
Webinar: Managing COVID-19 in Facilities. Watch Now
Webinar: Coronavirus Solutions for Buildings. Watch Now
Coronavirus Transmission Indoors Via Airborne Particles
Reopening Your Facility After COVID-19
More Information:How Poor IAQ Affects Schools
The SARS-nCOV-2 Environmental Verification and Clearance Testing
Emergency Response for the COVID-19/Coronavirus Pandemic
Building and HVAC System Decontamination that goes Beyond Topical Cleaning
Additional Resources:
NEWS:Webinar Replay: How to Quickly Deploy Remote Working Initiatives
Let SKC help you find the right mix of collaboration solutions for your remote workforce in a replay of our March 16, 2020 webinar titled, “How to Quickly Deploy Remote Working Initiatives.” Learn about current offers and how our new product bundles can make your urgent deployment a lot easier to manage, so your educational institution can continue its day-to-day business completely uninterrupted.
You’ll learn:
- How to quickly build and setup collaboration spaces
- How to customize your remote worker solutions
- Simple setup
- Versatile home office room kits
- All-day video conferencing to feel like you’re face-to-face
- Team messaging for group collaboration and file sharing
- HD quality video conferencing and screen sharing to stay connected remotely
- Cloud-based phone system designed to be used with existing mobile phones and laptops
- Phone numbers for organizations and individuals enabling them to call and send/receive SMS using those business numbers
- Speakerphones, cameras, and headsets for uninterrupted audio/video collaboration
NEWS: Staples CEO Update
More Information:Learn more about Staples Employee Safety, Free Shipping & No Minimums, and Managing High-Demand Items
- Keep your teams connected and productive when working from home
- The latest tech for total coverage
- Furniture for wherever work takes your team
Skip the Sick Days
2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
School cleaning, from the floor up. Privacy & Protection:
NEWS:COVID-19 Updates
Press Release: Steelcase Combats COVID-19 Global Pandemic; Commits to Supply Critical Medical PPE Equipment Needs
Post-COVID Learning Spaces
Designing Post-COVID Learning Spaces
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In response to an increase in COVID-19 cases in Michigan, Steelcase continues to be operational for ‘Essential Business’ orders while maintaining safe conditions to fulfill and support healthcare facilities in need.
In an effort to recognize the immediate need for applicable products, Steelcase is:
- Actively making all quick ship items available to healthcare facilities
- Creating new products such as screens to be used in check-in areas and/or mobile triage units to divide space
- Making face shields for caregivers
- Purchasing materials for a stocking program to fill quick ship orders (recliners, overbed tables, applicable seating….)
- Steelcase’s operations team has cleared factory floors, making room for manufacturing new essential business orders.
- Regional distribution centers (RDCs) are working diligently to free up orders/shipments.
- Essential business orders are being processed and prioritized.
- Read the Guide to Essential Business Orders to understand what is needed when placing an order.
- Steelcase’s strong voluntary workforce is processing and manufacturing essential orders. These individuals are being kept safe and practicing social distancing. Steelcase is working to prioritize each essential order:
- Priority 1: product is used on the frontline to fight COVID-19 and support life-sustaining activities.
- Priority 2: product is needed to support essential business, but not directly impact COVID-19 response.
- Steelcase’s goal is to fill all orders deemed Priority 1. Priority 2 will be fulfilled after ensuring Priority 1 orders are processed and manufactured.
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