Contents
Winter 2009
EDITORIAL:
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Import with Care: New Import Safety Rules Put
Forth by Multiple Agencies........................................................................................... 4
Phase Change Experimental Setup
Brick #1
Brick #2
Each Brick Measures
Length: 7”
Width: 5”
Thickness: 1”
FEATURES:
Top
Lithium Battery Regulations Nearly Short-Circuit
Healthcare Shipment Technology.................................................................. 6
Midpoint C
Gravity
By Kevin O’Donnell, Director and Chief Technical Advisor, Tegrant Corp.,
ThermoSafe Brands
Absolute
B
Center
Bottom A
1XMJ0
Validation of the Thermal Modeling Process for
Cold-Chain Shippers ............................................................................................................... 10
By Richard M. Formato, Cold Chain Technologies Inc.
and Iftekhar Ahmed, Maya HTT Ltd.
TECHNOLOGY:
Fisher BioServices Adopts Credo Container
for Flu Vaccines ................................................................................................................................ 14
By David Vaczek
UPS Cold-Chain Service
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Manages Global Freight................................................................................................. 16
By David Vaczek
EVENT CALENDAR ............................................................................... 18
STAFF BOX...................................................................................................................................... 18
ADVERTISER INDEX ........................................................................................ 18
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Cover: Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Fisher BioServices uses the Credo containers from
Minnesota Thermal Science for temperature-controlled shipping of flu vaccines in the
United States. Photo by Jeffrey A. Davis Photography.