Since early 2020, the novel coronavirus has been spreading at an unprecedent speed. Central government, local governments, enterprises and individuals have all declared “war” on Covid-19. To win this war, we not only need actions of the whole of society, but also scientific support. As part of the scientific support, Haier Biobank solutions are “on duty” 24/7 doing frontline medical and scientific research during the epidemic.

Haier Biobank combines cryogenic storage and IoT management systems to provide real-time interactions between human, machines and samples. Users can access the sample information with one touch on the screen. Haier Biobank safely manages all samples and provides data conversion and value-added scientific research services by connecting to the bio-sample co-sharing platform. Moreover, Haier Biobank can monitor the storage temperature and equipment status, alert about abnormal operations and meet users’ needs in terms of precise locations, accurate review and fast re-organizing. Haier Biobank has reinvented the sample management by improving the accuracy and efficiency of sample retrievals and storage.  

Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital (formerly the Wuhan Medical Rescue Center) is a public health medical base with a history of over 100 years. It’s also the first designated Covid-19 prevention hospital in Wuhan. During the epidemic, the hospital set up a biobank, which adopted Haier Biobank solutions. Cryogenic storage equipment is used to “hibernate” viruses at a constant temperature.  

Equipped with hydrogen inverter refrigeration technology used in smart IoT cloud-chip cryogenic refrigerators, Haier Biobank can operate with lower power consumption and noise emission, maintain a uniform temperature within the cabinet and provide a stable environment for sample storage. The dual-system design also ensures a safe operation of the biobank. Haier Biobank solutions include smart IoT functions to monitor the virus status at all times. Medical staff can have access to the refrigerator status, alert records and event logs, etc. on their mobiles APP. The biobank is connected to the Haier BIMS sample management system, which can pinpoint the locations of the sample and verify sample retrievals /storage via code scanning.  

(Haier Biobank at Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital)

Other than in hospitals, Haier Biobank also plays a vital role in frontline scientific research: on 20thJanuary, dozens of virus samples were delivered to China Virus Resources, Wuhan Institute of Virology, CAS and Haier Biobank for testing and research. On 21stJanuary, Haier Biomedical delivered and installed three units of IoT cryogenic equipment at the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases to assist Zhong Nanshan, member of CAE, and his team in studying the novel coronavirus samples. Over 20 cryogenic refrigerators as well as Haier Biobank solutions were also deployed to the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Experts there were working on the virus around the clock. Haier Biomedical has efficiently improved the collection, storage, management and full-process quality control of clinical samples.

As the number one brand in biosesample storage in China, Haier Biomedical, with its biobank EMCs, constructs biobanks at national, hospital and disease levels. To meet the demands of scientific researchers, Haier iterates the full-lifecycle sample date platform of BIMS, constructs a biosesample value-added service platform and has removed the barriers of information sharing in the industry. Haier Biobank solutions integrate the process management, data collection and information sharing of samples and cover all categories, scenarioses and temperature ranges.