We are committed to keeping everyone healthy and in tip top shape to keep production running at full steam and customer support at the high level our customers have come to expect. Therefore, as advised by our Center for Disease Control (CDC) friends,  the Sheldon Manufacturing family is taking pre-emptive action against any potential H1N1 flu outbreak this Fall.  The CDC recommends to have contingency plans for such an outbreak as ideal conditions resurface with the Fall season.  As it never hurts to share, we wanted to let you know what we are doing here at Sheldon to help prevent this from affecting our work place.

Employee Education Campaing:

• Letters home for the families
• Weekly newsletters
• PA updates and announcements
• Weekly meetings amongst supervisors

Preparation Steps and Action:

Flu prevention kit for each employee to take home that included:

• Hand sanitizer for whole family

• Digital thermometer

• Brochures and pamphlets

• Antiviral spray & Alcohol wipes

• Tissues for the family

• Hand sanitizer stations all through the shop

• Tool and surface disinfecting protocol for all tools daily

In addition to these important steps, tools, and procedures, we are also monitoring websites and staying up on the latest news.  For the benefit of all employees, all information and everything sent out has been bi-lingual in Spanish and English.  In case you missed it, check out how SHEL LAB  incubators are helping fight the H1N1 Flu on the scientific and medical level.

Amid the thousands of researchers, doctors, clinics, and laboratories working daily to develop vaccines for diseases and viruses, like the recent H1N1 virus (Swine Flu), it’s easy to forget how greatly the success of this process depends on having consistent, reliable, and innovative equipment.

An abnormally large request for our laboratory incubators recently came in due to the outbreak of the H1N1 virus. “When I heard of the H1N1 virus crisis in Mexico, I e-mailed my distributors there to let them know that we had units available for immediate delivery.  One of my top dealers, Labtech, has placed an order for all of our on-hand laboratory incubators – over 23 units to be shipped directly to Mexico City at the center of the crisis.” says Rudy Navarro, Latin American Sales Manager.

The incubators, which control environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity, are used for the culture of viruses, bacteria, and tissue. This equipment is vital for researching the virus strains, sensitivity to anti-viral compounds, and development of vaccines.  The urgency placed on a vaccine development for the H1N1virus is in large part due to the upcoming Fall flu season, when “the second wave is very likely.” According to Christian E. Sandrock, MD, MPH, deputy health officer of Yolo County in Sacramento, CA, speaking at the American Thoracic Society International Conference (ATS 2009).

Check out all of our SHEL LAB General Purpose or Laboratory Incubators here