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Refrigerating vehicle or refrigerated packaging: how to choose for the transport of health products?

Number: pap. S2-P1

Author(s) : KACIMI A., LABRANQUE G.

Summary

The requirements of the transport of health products under controlled temperature are always increasing, according to stricter regulations and controls. Actors in the cold chain field make efforts in order to improve the quality of services and products, to guarantee patient safety, and to meet expectations. The user may wonder which is most suited to transport temperature-sensitive products: refrigerating vehicles or refrigerated packaging. The main parameters that determine the choice are product requirements, logistics constraints, the cost, and the impact on the environment. The authors examine in this study these parameters. Refrigerating vehicles are used for national distribution, in the form of grouped transport. Refrigerated boxes are used for national and international distribution requiring air transport, and for various product quantities. Both means can be associated in certain cases to avoid the cold chain break during transfer and delivery, for temperature profiles containing cold and warm segments, or for extreme conditions.

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  • Original title: Refrigerating vehicle or refrigerated packaging: how to choose for the transport of health products?
  • Record ID : 30007188
  • Languages: English
  • Source: 2nd IIR International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain. Proceedings: Paris, France, April 2-4, 2013.
  • Publication date: 2013/04/02

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