TNT Express upgrades Clinical Express
TNT Express Germany said it has optimized its product range “Clinical Express Network“ by introducing additional services for night-time delivery of human and veterinary samples for laboratories and other customers according to the “UN 3373” norm.
The service includes worldwide delivery with a range of time options, Saturday delivery and late collections, and free packaging. The service also includes next-morning delivery free of charge for orders made until 2 p.m. the previous day.
According to legal standards, all diagnostic samples need a package corresponding to the packing regulation IATA/ADR P650. The packaging solution developed in Sarstedt was tested and approved by the German federal agency for material research und control (BAM).
TNT said it provides customers with the packaging solution “medpak CEN” free of charge including external and secondary packaging. The external packaging is annotated with all the stipulated declarations and labels, e.g. “UN3373” label. This also contributes to the automatic sorting of shipments within the standard network of TNT Express.
“We have further developed the product according to the special requirements for shipping diagnostic samples”, explained Dirk Bork, Solution Manager Life Science of TNT Express. “As our customers, the laboratories are not obliged to provide their customers with packaging solutions and thus save time and money. We provide our customers not only with the packaging corresponding to all legally stipulated declarations and labels, but they also get ready-made transport documentation as well as professional consulting service. This way we offer a complete service range for medical personnel varying from simple and comfortable handling to high safety standards and speed.”
