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In a laboratory, tough decisions are regularly made to determine how best to conduct critical experiments and testing. Over time, pipette tips have adapted to suit labs across the globe and provide the tools so technicians and scientists have the ability to do important research. This is especially true as COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the United States. Epidemiologists and virologists are working around the clock to come up with a treatment for the virus. Filtered pipette tips made of plastics are used to study the virus and the once bulky, glass pipettes now are sleek and automated. A total of 10 plastic pipette tips are used to perform a single COVID-19 test currently and most of the tips that are used now have a filter in them that is supposed to block out 100% of aerosols and prevent cross contamination when sampling. But how much are these significantly more expensive and environmentally costly tips really benefiting labs across the country? Should labs decide to ditch the filter? 

Grenova actively supports and engages in the AACC’s mission to help lab professionals adapt to change and do what they do best -- provide vital insight and guidance so patients get the care they need. Like AACC, Grenova is dedicated to clinical laboratory science and its application to healthcare. At the upcoming 71st AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo, Grenova will showcase its cutting edge science and technology that is shaping the future of laboratory medicine.

Grenova will showcase its ability to dramatically lower cost in the laboratory industry by reducing biohazard waste at the 2019 NIH Spring Biomedical Research Equipment and Supplies Exhibit. The spring event will be hosted at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda on May 22 and 23 and is sponsored by the Technical Sales Association, a nationwide member-led organization based in greater metropolitan Washington, DC. The highly anticipated event will offer participants an opportunity to learn the most effective ways to spend their end-of-year budget on the most innovative and impactful ways to reduce consumable biohazard waste and cut down their cost up to 90% through Grenova’s patented technology.

Since 2015, Grenova’s pipette tip re-use systems have enabled laboratories across America to prevent 170K pounds of recyclable plastic from entering the environment and redistribute associated costs in the amount of over $4.3 million. If 62 million reused tips can contribute to that kind of savings, imagine if every laboratory took advantage of Grenova’s patented technology.