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What Happens to Medical Samples Between Patient and Result?

January 16, 2026 admin Laboratories Comments Off

(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 […]

Closing the Medical Lab Cold Chain Accuracy Gap

November 14, 2025 admin Laboratories Comments Off

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 […]