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 […]
Akuratemp attended the 2023 Analytical Laboratory Managers Association conference in Chapel Hill, NC at the Friday Conference Center on October 10th-12th, 2023. The conference, which drew approximately 150 attendees and exhibitors, aimed to provide a complete leadership experience for attendees, some of which were first time lab managers. Highlights of […]
Our global supply chain benefits from intelligent solutions to ensure that temperature-sensitive shipments maintain their required temperatures throughout the journey from manufacturer to consumer. Anita Gardeva states that AI-enabled supply chain control towers are garnering particular interest; eighty-eight percent of healthcare executives identified AI as a ‘critical’ technology for their […]
Our global life sciences industry is experiencing an accelerated transformation in its supply chain. A severe shortage of labor resources has impacted material availability and created a logistical roadblock. Adding to the delayed supply chain, the increasing global regulatory requirements on temperature-sensitive products negatively affect the pharmaceutical supply chain in […]
The American Association of Blood Banks mentions that Umbilical Cord Blood (UCB), once regarded as biological waste, can now be used to bolster a patient’s immune system. These stem cells are used to treat malignant diseases such as leukemia and non-malignant diseases such as immune deficiencies, severe aplastic anemia, and […]
Vaccination is the need of the hour. In the mission to inoculate the entire world, billions of doses of vaccines need to be safely shipped around the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that practices exposing refrigerated vaccines to sub-zero temperatures are widespread. A study by Burgess M.A. […]
Pre-analytical errors lead to specimen rejection and negatively affect patient safety. Healthcare laboratories receive patient specimens that are accepted based on certain sample rejection criteria. Every specimen may represent a life. Specimen rejection may endanger patient safety by compromising the quality of healthcare. What is the real risk of specimen […]