Mitigate temperature excursions during transportation of COVID-19 diagnostic test materials and vaccines.

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What are the CDC Guidelines?

Guidelines for COVID-19 vaccine and specimen storage, handling and transport.

Vaccine Transport

The CDC Vaccine storage and handling tool kit (2019), states that frozen vaccines must be transported, in a portable vaccine freezer unit or qualified container and pack out that maintains temperatures between -50°C and -15°C (-58°F and +5°F)

Viral Transport Medium

The CDC SOP# DSR-052-04 recommends that Viral Transport Medium be stored Refrigerated (+2C to +8°C) and issues a “DO NOT FREEZE” warning.

Specimen Transport Kit

The CDC Guidelines for specimen transport (CDC-006-00019 Rev 05 effective July 13, 2020) recommends placing the specimen swab immediately into a sterile tube containing 1-3ml of appropriate transport media, then store the specimen Refrigerated (+2C to +8°C), and ship overnight on ice-pack.

Laboratory Reagents

The CDC Guidelines for specimen transport (CDC-006-00019 Rev 05 effective July 13, 2020) recommends to store dried primers, probes, and the positive control, nCoVPC, at 2-8°C until re-hydrated for use and Store liquid HSC control materials at ≤ -20°C.

Akuratemp's COVID-19 Solutions

Akuratemp Thermal Packaging Matrix for the COVID-19 Diagnostic Material and Vaccine Supply Chain
User

Vaccine Manufacturer

Specimen Transport Medium Manufacturer

 Specimen Collection Kit Manufacturer

Primer, Probe, Master Mix, and Reagent Manufacturer

Healthcare Facilities and Laboratories

Application

Transport bulk vaccine to healthcare facilities

Transport bulk specimen transport medium to specimen collection kit manufacturers

Transport bulk specimen collection kits to healthcare facilities and individual kits directly to patients

Transport bulk reagents to laboratories

Transport individual patient specimen or multiple patient specimens to laboratories

Temperature Control Recommendation

-25°C to -15°C

 +02°C to +25°C

+15°C to +25°C

02°C to +08°C

+02°C to +25°C

+15°C to +25°C

+02°C to +08°C

-25°C to -15°C

+02°C to +25°C

+15°C to +25°C

+02°C to +08°C

Akuratemp Model

ATS6-7L5D-25N

ATS6-7L4D-08P

ATS6-7L4D-25P

  ATS3-1822PP5-24

 ATS6-7L4D-08P

ATS6-7L4D-25P

ATS6-7L5D-25N

ATS3-1822PP5-24

ATS6-7L4D-08P

ATS6-7L4D-25P

Duration

72 to 96 hrs

72 to 96 hrs

24 to 96 hrs

72 to 96 hrs

24 to 96 hrs

Validation

Available on request

ISTA 7D Summer & Winter

ISTA 7D Summer & Winter

Available in request

ISTA 7D Summer & Winter

IoT enabled Traceability

Available

Available

Available

Available

Available

 

Temperature-Controlled Packaging

• Multi-Use reliable and traceable thermal packaging
• PCM technology for precise temperature control
• Solutions for frozen (-25°C to +15°C)
• Solutions for refrigerated (+2°C to +8°C)
• Solutions for CRT (+15°C to +25°C)
• IoT enabled real-time temperature monitoring and supply chain traceability (optional)
• Tested to ISTA 7D summer and winter
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