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The Hidden Cost of Temperature Excursions—and How to Cut Exceptions Without Slowing Routes

February 4, 2026 admin Specimen Rejection Comments Off

Courier and logistics operators moving temperature-sensitive healthcare shipments are not aware of temperature excursions at the moment it happens.

The Importance of Traceability When Transporting Frozen Samples

July 21, 2025 admin Healthcare, Specimen Rejection Comments Off

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 […]

Leverage AI to Enhance Healthcare Supply Chain Efficiency

March 5, 2022 admin Healthcare, Specimen Rejection Comments Off

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 […]

Celsure® Refrigerated (+2°C to +8°C) Single-Use Parcel Shipping Solution

May 27, 2021 admin Healthcare, Specimen Rejection Comments Off

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. […]

Why Specimen Rejection is a Concern Needing Attention

August 11, 2020 admin Specimen Rejection Comments Off

“An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure” This proverb suggests that a timely prevention attempt may avert pain later. As an example, we wear masks to avoid contracting the COVID-19 Virus. Similarly, thermally securing the healthcare transportation system will help safeguard the specimens for accurate results […]