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title: Helmer Scientific | Selecting Laboratory Refrigerators
description: This guide reviews best practices for selecting a refrigerator for your laboratory.
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# Best Practices Guide for Selecting Laboratory Refrigerators

### This guide highlights CAP Checklist requirements to implement Best Practices

To ensure compliance with the College of American Pathologists (CAP) All Common Checklist, and to implement best practices for reagent storage, there are important considerations for the design and features of a Laboratory Refrigerator.

The following checklist can help ensure all critical aspects are considered when selecting a refrigerator for storage of reagents and patient specimens.

**Download the checklist for guidelines to consider.** Have further questions about selecting a laboratory refrigerator? [Contact us today](https://info.helmerinc.com/gx-solutions-contact-2019?hsCtaTracking=43e00e20-43b3-42d3-9785-259968a5aae8%7C03003c09-3a7c-4345-a7f2-f755770fa876).

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