HSRL Archiving#

HSRL’s archiving staff has 23 years’ of experience in GLP archiving services. We use our experience and skills to provide impeccable service in every area of archiving. Our state-of-the-art facility is ready to accommodate all of your archiving needs, including ambient, refrigerated and frozen materials.

We provide our services to biotechnology companies, CROs looking to save money, government agencies, and pharmaceutical /agricultural companies. We also offer our services to educational and financial institutions worldwide. We provide these services while meeting all regulatory requirements.

#Archiving Services

HSRL Archives, is able to provide long-term GLP archiving solutions for multiple types of medium and research material. Any archived material can be stored at ambient temperature, refrigerated, -20 degrees Celsius, or -70/-80 degrees Celsius.

 

 

Material Services

Wet Tissue Formaldehyde, Paraformaldehyde, Gluteraldehyde, Alcohol, Glycerin, and Bouin's

Blocks Paraffin, GMA, MMA and Epon

Microscope Slides Stained and Unstained

Information Data Paper, Digital Video Disk, Compact Disk, Laser Disk, Floppy Disk, Microfilm, Tape Back-up, VHS, and BETA

Test Articles Drug substance and/or dosing formulations

Refrigerated & Frozen Material Ambient temperature, Refrigerated 4 degrees Celsius, -20 degrees Celsius, or -70/-80 degrees Celsius

#Facility

In our highly secure long-term archive, we can accommodate a variety of long-term storage needs. We can provide wet tissue storage, block storage (paraffin, plastic, or OCT), microscope slide storage, test article and paper data storage.

All of our cold-storage areas are monitored by a central station ensure consistent temperature range and function. In the event of electric power loss, all units are automatically routed to a propane back-up generator which can sustain the facility at full power for 30 days if necessary.

Security

At HSRL Archives, we are committed to having the most up to date security and monitoring equipment available. Therefore, our system was designed, installed and maintained/monitored by ASG Security – one of the top 20 alarm companies in the United States.

We have the following types of security measures in place to keep your material secure:

  • Premises Burglary Hardwired and wireless systems signal unauthorized entry through use of contacts, door wiring, vibration, motion and sound detectors, invisible photoelectric beams, and passive infrared detection systems.
  • Automatic Fire Alarms Detects fire by use of rate-of-rise and fixed temperature thermostats. This system detects smoke and extreme heat before major damage can occur, thus safeguarding valuable records, computers and lives.
  • Industrial Monitoring Central Station detects whether certain conditions are normal or in need of attention, such as: power failure, temperature variations in each of our vaults, refrigerators or freezers, and other process controls.
  • 24 Hour On Premise Central Station ASG Security’s own building features closed circuit television and electronic locks and access control, plus direct links to emergency, police, and fire services. ASG Security also maintains uninterruptible power supplies and an emergency generator to ensure service at all times. In addition, all of ASG Security’s utilities are underground. Complete redundancy is in place as required by U.L. & FM Labs.

Frozen Storage

HSRL Archives, is committed to offering industry standard refrigerated/frozen storage in our Norlake and Revco scientific commercial grade refrigerators and freezers. Our Revco Scientific Ultima II and Elite freezers will maintain temperatures of -70/-80 degrees Celsius.

Our Revco freezers are equipped with microprocessors and centrally monitored alarm contacts to ensure stable and consistent frozen storage. Our Norlake Scientific Freezers will maintain temperatures of -20 degrees Celsius and the Norlake Refrigerators will maintain temperatures of 3 degrees Celsius.

#Fire Suppression

We use an FM-200 fire suppression system to protect our client’s critical data. FM-200 suppresses fire by discharging onto the surface of combusting materials. Large amounts of heat energy are absorbed from the surface of the burning material, lowering its temperature below the ignition point. FM-200 fire suppression systems have low atmospheric lifetimes, global warming, and ozone depletion potentials. Unlike Halon 1301 fire suppression systems, FM-200 systems are environmentally friendly. They provide an effective, safe method of special hazards fire suppression where a non-residue producing clean agent is essential.

For more information on the FM-200 Fire Suppression System click here.

Transportation Services

All transportation needs - worldwide - including:

  • Carrier logistics
  • Climate controlled transportation needs
  • On-site shipment preparation (on-site inventory, packaging, shipping, etc.) international customs issues
  • Hand delivered critical shipments

We can accommodate any and all of your shipping and transportation needs.

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