The day everything looked “fine” — until it wasn’t At 10:07 a.m., your phlebotomy site labels the tubes perfectly, closes the tote, and hands them to the courier. Cold-chain-traceability? Chain-of-custody? On time delivery? Nothing “looks” wrong at delivery. Hours later, QC flags the run. Now you’re re-collecting patient samples, re-routing […]
By Harshul Gupta (CTO), Keith Miller (CBDO), and Tulay Yucebas (Director of Continuous Improvement), Akuratemp LLC Transporting frozen samples between laboratories is one of the most technically demanding aspects of the diagnostic cold chain. When physician office collections include frozen specimens, those samples must be frozen immediately after collection, packed […]
By Harshul Gupta (CTO), Keith Miller (CBDO), and Tulay Yucebas (Director of Continuous Improvement), Akuratemp LLC In the diagnostic cold chain, every degree and every hour counts. Across the United States, diagnostic laboratories rely heavily on medical couriers to collect and transport patient specimens—often from physician office lockboxes or regional […]
By Harshul Gupta (CTO), Keith Miller (CBDO), and Tulay Yucebas (Director of Continuous Improvement), Akuratemp LLC In diagnostic logistics, every hour and every degree matters. Across the United States, most diagnostic laboratories depend on lockboxes as a key part of their sample collection network. Physician offices place patient specimens into […]