Category: Laboratory & Healthcare

Microscope Labels – An Optical Reunion: Customer Spotlight

One of our interesting customers that purchases microscope labels has a remarkable history dating back to the mid-1800’s when they first opened their doors as a workshop for precision mechanics and optics in Germany. Their incredibly complex work covered a wide range of product development. By defining the criteria of sharper imaging in optical lenses, […]

Cryovial Labels – MESA: Saving Arteries One Label at a Time

Atherosclerosis, hardened arteries, a condition of plaque build-up in the arteries… Studies have been conducted throughout the years, but none such as the one MESA has put into action. MESA―short for the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis―is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, has made headway in […]

Scientific Study Labels – University Study on Umbilical Cord Infections

Scientific Study Labels – A Case Study “Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.”  – Wernher Von Braun Among all the research being done in the world, some very important work is performed right in our neck of the woods, that is― in New England. The work the university’s Center […]

Shoe Insert Labels – If the Shoe Fits: Customer Spotlight

Here at EIM, we have plenty of experience working with clinical laboratories, collegiate research facilities, diagnostic facilities, and small to large healthcare facilities. But every so often, The Label Experts are met with unique opportunities within the medical industry. Such was the case when we had the privilege to assist one of our friends in […]

Cryogenic Labels for Dental Research

Having a reliable way to label samples is a must for research laboratories of all types. Hearing about the research our labels are a part of is one of the greatest perks of being a Label Expert. Recently we’ve been working closely with a University who were kind enough to fill us in on their […]

Forensics Labels & Freezer Labels – Customer Spotlight

Forensics Labels Help Solve the Crime! C’mon now – you want to make it right – don’t you? Leaving mysterious crimes unsolved isn’t in your nature; it’s not something you’re capable of. The wicked don’t rest and you won’t either until you get to the bottom of their twisted ways. It’s almost as if you […]

Lab Sterilization Labels – What They Have to Handle

Lab sterilization labels go through a lot! Laboratories use sterilization to remove microbial contamination such as bacteria, fungi and viruses. These infective agents can be found not only on the surface of lab tables, specimen containers and equipment, but also within fluids, medications and, of course, lab cultures. Clean, sterile environments are crucial in both […]

Donor Lung Tags – Customer Spotlight

Ex Vivo. Out of the Living. Donor Lung Tags. 1. Organ Donation. Ex Vivo. Rehabilitation. Artificial Environment. Perfusion. Novel Lung Trial. Transplantation. Lives Saved. 2. Safety Measure. Anodized Aluminum. Autoclave. Barcoded Tags. Sutured to Tissue. Right Lung. Left Lung. Suitable. Lungs Saved. 3. Donor Organs. 83% Discarded. Unsuitable. Marginal Lungs. Chronic Lung Disease. Even if […]

Differences Amongst Laboratories

Shortly after we came up with the idea to write an article about the many different types of laboratories found throughout the world, we realized we were taking on a much larger task than we had initially thought! None-the-less, we wanted to carry on with the challenge… and challenge, it certainly was! We changed the […]

Poultry Testing Labels: Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

How Poultry Laboratories Keep Consumers (and Chickens) Safe with Poultry Testing Labels We’re not “egg-xactly” sure when/why/how chicken jokes became so popular and goofy, but our guess is that it dates back―at the very least―to the popularity of chickens and chicken breeding in the mid-to-late 1800s, into the early 1900s. It was during that time […]

Tube Labels – Cap and Wrap® CryoLabel®, Helping in Advancing Personalized Patient Care

Tube Labels for the Caps & the Tubes Complex data analysis, algorithms, mass spectrometry, multivariate tests, molecular profile, differential diagnosis, therapeutic intervention… oh my! Early stage research, personalized medicine, serum proteomic test, advanced non-small cell lung cancer, epidermal growth factor inhibitor… huh?! Don’t worry. It’s complex for us—yes, but not for one of our clients. […]

CryoLabel<sup>®</sup> Choices – Taking the Confusion Out of Finding the Right Label

Since 1987, Electronic Imaging Materials has been offering labels for cryogenic storage. Along the way, we have tweaked and improved our CryoLabel® products to fit many different types of extreme cold temperature applications. For instance, our 667 White CryoLabel® that is very conformable and suitable for most cryogenic applications. If you have frozen tubes to […]