If you manage a lab network—or run the courier routes that feed one—you’ve probably accepted a frustrating reality as “normal”: A small miss in specimen transport turns into a big operational mess later. Not because anyone is careless… but because transport workflows vary by site, shift, and person—and that variability […]
Courier and logistics operators moving temperature-sensitive healthcare shipments are not aware of temperature excursions at the moment it happens.
(Because Every Result Depends on What Happened in Between) At 8:12 a.m., a phlebotomist named Maria draws blood from a patient, Mr. Johnson, at a busy outpatient collection center. The tubes are labeled, placed in a rack, and set aside for the 10 a.m. courier pickup. By 2:30 p.m., in […]
Every temperature excursion is more than a “logistics event.” It’s a patient-impact event waiting to surface later—failed QC, retesting, redraws, delayed therapy, and compliance headaches. Most teams already know they need cold chain monitoring. The harder question is: How do you reduce excursions and prove compliance without adding yet another […]
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 […]
ADLM – Two weeks ago The Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine hosted 900+ exhibitors and 200+ new and cutting edge products and services. We had the invaluable chance to connect with major players in chemistry, diagnostics, and laboratory medicine and gain countless insights on lab management, the state of healthcare, and important changes […]
2024 Annual Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) Clinical Lab Expo Booth #2372 for healthcare temperature security We are excited to announce #ADLM2024 is just a few days away! Akuratemp, LLC has been an active exhibitor at the Association for Diagnostic & Laboratory Medicine Clinical Lab Expo (formerly AACC) […]