“Automation” when transporting samples and specimens:
A secondary packaging that has it all
A secondary packaging that has it all
Automation and process optimisation are two of the biggest challenges facing laboratories. Here at DEBATIN, we know that, and that’s why we’ve come up with the innovative DEBAMED® Speci-Sorb. This novel product eliminates one stage of the process that has otherwise had to be done by hand. Namely, when transporting samples in compliance with the ADR, it is mandatory to include an absorbent liner in the flexible, certified-waterproof secondary packaging. The Speci-Sorb integrates this liner.
“DEBAMED® Speci-Sorb extends our DEBAMED® range: the product incorporates the absorbent material into the flexible secondary packaging by means of a coating process,” explains Dr Oliver Tröber. A patent for the novel technique is pending. The coating performs the same function as the pads used to date as absorbent liners; it soaks up any substances that leak out due to damage in transit.
The integrated absorbent liner is activated and soaks up leaked sample material completely within approx. 10 minutes.
Laboratory staff have better things to do!
DEBAMED® Speci-Sorb is also true to DEBATIN’s core mission of developing sustainable packaging, since the entire packaging can be channelled back into the recycling loop. This has been verified and certified by recycling experts interzero. The packaging scored 2 out of 2 points for being easy to assign in the collection system, 6 out of 6 points for being easy to sort and 8 out of 12 points for how suitable it is for recycling.
Commenting on the results, DEBATIN’s CEO Thomas Rose said, “Regulations for recycling plastics differ from country to country. However, our certificate confirms that DEBAMED® Speci-Sorb packaging can be channelled back into the recycling loop in its entirety in Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Sweden and Norway.”
The packaging was tested by IVV (Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging) and shown to meet the assessment criteria and standards published by German environmental institute bifa.
On receipt of the transport bag, open it along the marking on the edge of the bag.
Depending on which national regulations apply, the transport bag can be discarded or easily recycled.
DEBAMED® Speci-Sorb: keeping laboratory and logistics staff safe
“What’s more,” says Rose, “DEBATIN products focus on health and safety. In the healthcare sector, that means hygiene. And the DEBAMED® Speci-Sorb takes hygiene and safety to the next level, since the integrated absorbent liner guarantees that nothing can leak out even if the shipment is damaged in transit. That’s safer for the laboratory staff, and indeed for anyone who comes into contact with the samples throughout the logistics chain.”
The DEBATIN motto ‘Safe. Perfect. Packed.’ has thus been extended for the new product: by helping to ensure that every packaged sample is automatically ADR-compliant, we can now claim ‘Safe. Perfect. Legal. Packed.’” You can read more about why this is so important in our highly popular white paper about packaging instruction P650 and the ADR requirements for “exempt human specimens” and “exempt animal specimens”.
Drone transport for medical samples: DEBAMED® Speci-Sorb is the perfect solution
Safety isn’t the only benefit of the new product: the integrated absorbent material also means a smaller transport volume. “This is particularly important for novel transportation models,” says Oliver Tröber, referring to the recent approval for using drones in the healthcare sector. The new transportation system was developed in a collaboration between DEBATIN and German Copters DLS GmbH, whose CEO, Holger Schulze, gave DEBATIN a shout-out in an interview: “The medical logistics chain involves transporting dangerous goods. We’ve been working with a specialist in this sector, Bruchsal-based Anton Debatin, for over a year to develop solutions tailored to drone transportation. I can confidently say that we have now got the safest solution, probably in the world, for transporting medical samples by drone.”
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