Indiana Department of Health laboratories will be protected against power fluctuations or failure that could cause loss of samples and data, damage to instrumentation, and lost productive time
The Indiana State Department of Health has acquired 22 Franek Technologies certified Category III-3 laboratory battery backup power protection systems (LPS/UPS) to protect mission critical instruments conducting pandemic research and clinical analysis as part of the state's emergency preparedness measures and the USA's Bio-Shield programme.
Franek Technologies's engineering team provided consultation and design of power protection systems for highly specialised and sensitive instrumentation from Applied Biosystems, Agilent, Bio-Rad, bioMerieux, Roche, Gilson, PerkinElmer, and Zymark.
The protected instrumentation is integral in the laboratories' biomedical research programme and its fight against bioterrorism and emerging viral infections, such as the avian influenza A (H5N1 - bird flu) and the West Nile virus.
The state-of-the-art Department of Health laboratories rely on extremely sophisticated instrumentation to conduct high-throughput research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, pandemic, and immunologic diseases.
Such long-term testing and processes often rely on highly leveraged robotic automation that is extremely sensitive to uncontrolled electrical and environmental conditions, such as power fluctuations, intra-lab harmonic distortion or interruptions.
Due to the importance of the research conducted at the Department of Health, the state of Indiana decided that supplemental power protection was crucial.
"We support a number of laboratories involved in the US Bio-Shield programme," states Raymond Hecker, VP/general manager, Franek Technologies.
"The research conducted at the Indiana State Department of Health is vital to public health within the state of Indiana and beyond.
"We are proud to support our national efforts to fight against potential threats from bioterrorism and chemical warfare."
