The Benefits of a Same Day Medical Courier

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1. The Benefits of a Same Day Medical Courier

   June 24, 2021 10:04 am Leave a Comment

   In the healthcare industry, there are countless types of supplies needed to ensure the proper operation of today’s hospitals, labs, and clinics. But some items are far more delicate or sensitive than others and require special transportation to ensure their safety as well as meet any storage requirements if any. That’s where a medical courier service can come in handy! Along with being a fast delivery solution, medical courier services use specially trained drivers and properly prepared vehicles to ensure that your medical supplies are transported and delivered in a safe and secure manner.

   Let’s take a look at how else a medical courier service can benefit your health organization…

   A Money-Saving Investment

   Running your own medical facility is already tough work. Managing your own driver can increase your company’s logistical work multifold and put further strain on your payroll. With a medical courier service on your side, all you’ll need to do is budget for courier services while they handle all the driver and vehicle logistics. This can also save you money on employee insurance!

   A Medical Courier is Convenient

   A same day medical courier provides the convenience of getting what you need when you need it. Whether it’s medical equipment, medical specimens, prosthetics, bloodwork, or temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, you can count on a same day medical courier to be available at any time. With same day delivery speeds, you can always get your medical supplies STAT, ensuring that your patients and lab work are always being taken care of.

   Make Shipping Safer for Your Medical Supplies

   It doesn’t sound like a complicated matter, but shipping your medical supplies requires a practiced hand at ensuring both a timely and a safe delivery. Medical couriers are staffed with OSHA and HIPAA protocol trained drivers who are experienced in the safe handling of all types of medical supplies, and their vehicles are properly equipped to ensure that your medical supplies are shipped in a secure and safe manner. What’s more, medical couriers will assign your medical supplies to a dedicated driver and vehicle—that means reduced changing of hands and a much lower risk of damage happening to your medical supplies and items. This is especially crucial to have for sensitive items like temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals and vaccines!

   Better Patient Outcomes

   Perhaps the best thing about having a same day medical courier on your side is that your patient outcomes can be improved. Rather than waiting for days to get the medical supplies you really need, you can rest easy knowing that you’ll get your medical supplies shipped and delivered within the same day, ensuring minimal wait time and giving you the chance to get right to providing the treatment that your patients need. By letting a same day medical courier handle your shipments quickly, you can focus more on helping and saving lives.

   Find Your Same Day Medical Courier in Reliable Couriers!

   Reliable Couriers offers its own same day medical courier services to help hospitals, clinics, and labs maintain their many life-saving supplies. Our rush courier services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week—whenever you need medical supplies delivered STAT, you’ll always be able to count on Reliable Couriers’ medical courier services to get the job done within a matter of hours, saving you valuable time and helping you save precious lives! Give us a call or visit our website to learn more and receive a free, zero-obligation price quote for your next medical supply delivery!

2. mRNA tech to make Malaria Vaccine

   June 21, 2021 9:04 am Leave a Comment

   On July 26, 2021, the Germany-based pharmaceutical company known as BioNTech had announced that it would try using the same mRNA technology behind the COVID-19 vaccine to create a vaccine against malaria. BioNTech is the company that had partnered with the US-based company Pfizer to develop one of the most widely approved COVID-19 vaccines. With their frontline experience in developing the mRNA technology, now BioNTech wishes to expand and create a vaccine solution against another disease that still continues to plague other parts of the world.

   What is Malaria?

   Notoriously known as a mosquito-borne disease that has caused much suffering in the African continent, malaria can actually exist anywhere in the world where mosquitos may thrive. In 2019 alone, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), there were roughly 229 million cases of malaria across the globe. Of those cases, around 400,000 die from malaria, many of them being young children. Malaria is caused when a female mosquito bites a person—in the process, malaria-causing parasites get mixed with the mosquito’s saliva and get introduced into the person’s body.

   Malaria can cause a variety of symptoms when contracted:

   • Fever
   • Headaches
   • Muscle Aches
   • Nausea and Vomiting
   • Diarrhea
   • Chills
   • Other Flu-Like Symptoms
   • Confusion
   • Kidney Failure
   • Seizures
   • Coma
   • Death

   Typically, it can take anywhere from 10 days to as long as 4 weeks before symptoms begin to show. However, it can take as long as 1 year for symptoms to appear. Early symptoms usually resemble the more flu-like symptoms such as headaches, sweats and chills, muscle aches, nausea, and fever. But it should be taken very seriously as it can become very life-threatening.

   How Can Malaria Be Cured?

   There are a variety of anti-malaria drugs out there that are meant to be taken early so that they can tackle the disease and put a stop to it before greater damage is done. These drugs are prescription-only, so if you live in an area that has a lot of mosquitos and you begin exhibiting symptoms, be sure to speak to a doctor promptly and begin treatment. These drugs work by clearing your body of the malaria parasites, providing the help you need to help prevent another rise of symptoms. These parasites can live in your body for years, or even decades, and can reactivate at any time causing what’s known as “malaria attacks”. Taking doctor-recommended anti-malaria drugs will help put a stop to this suffering.

   There have been attempts to eradicate malaria from the world since the 1950s but have otherwise borne no fruit. Much of the fault of these campaigns have been the lack of involvement of the African continent, which is where much of the cases are occurring—without a proper and comprehensive effort that covers all regions, especially those most hard hit, malaria’s eradication can seem far away.

   Progress on a Vaccine

   While BioNTech is planning to start trials by the end of 2022, it should be noted that there is already a vaccine that is being tested in three countries in Africa made by GlaxoSmithKline. However, those trials have shown that it is going to be a challenge to maintain the antibodies required to remain efficient. Furthermore, the malaria parasite has been known to develop new variants, which can provide an extra challenge to existing vaccine concepts. This is why BioNTech believes that their mRNA technology could create a better vaccine that may be more effective, if the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is anything to go by. BioNTech is also seeking to make a production facility in Africa for their mRNA vaccines—which can make a future malaria vaccine easy to access for the communities most hard hit by malaria. The hope is that the mRNA technology can eventually be used to create a whole variety of effective vaccines.

   Keep Your Vaccine Deliveries on Schedule and Safe with Reliable Couriers!

   With Reliable Couriers and our 24/7 medical courier services, your vaccines can be kept safe and secure while they’re sped towards their destinations. Our OSHA and HIPAA protocol trained drivers are experienced in the proper handling of your temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals—you can rest easy knowing that your vaccine deliveries will be kept at their proper temperatures, keeping temperature excursions to a minimum. Give us a call or visit our website to learn more about how our medical courier services can help keep your vaccine shipments moving quick and reaching their destinations as fast as possible! We’ll be happy to offer you a free, zero-obligation price quote for your next medical shipment!

3. Legal Matters All New Adults Must Be Aware

   June 17, 2021 9:12 am Leave a Comment

   Whether you’ve just turned 18 or your teenager just had their 18th birthday, there are some legal issues that may now arise because of those 18 birthday candles. While that may sound a little scary, it doesn’t have to be. Simply being aware of these legal issues can help you ensure that you don’t run into any headaches as you or your 18-year-old ventures forth into life as a young adult!

   Establishing Emergency Authorities

   Being 18 means you or your child is technically an adult now. They’re given some new responsibilities and freedoms. Some of those perks include privacy protections and, of course, the freedom to manage your own or their own finances and medical matters. But what about if something happens to you or your 18-year-old? This is why it is important to establish some documents called an Advanced Medical Directive and a Durable Power of Attorney.

   What these documents do is establish someone else, usually a parent or a guardian, as the manager of financial and medical matters should something happen to cause the 18-year-old in question to become incapacitated or otherwise unable to handle those matters on their own for some reason. Speaking with an attorney is the best way to make sure that these documents are prepared and processed properly!

   Signing of Contracts and Other Legal Documents

   Being 18 also means you can now sign legal contracts for a variety of things. Renting your first apartment, signing up for a video streaming account so that you can watch your favorite shows, and even being called in for jury duty! But as an 18-year-old being able to sign these contracts, you or your 18-year-old will also be held accountable for breaching those contracts. Being 18 means being able to be sued and having the ability to file a lawsuit against others.

   Establishing and Growing Your Credit

   At 18 years old, you or your child will now also be eligible to start having their own credit record, sign up for their own credit cards, and begin building their credit score. This is important for things such as home loans, vehicle purchases, or getting a loan for anything else. Just be sure to stay on top of your payments to ensure that you don’t take any hits to your credit score!

   Criminal Laws and Prosecution

   Being considered an adult also means that should you break any laws you will be prosecuted as an adult. Be aware of laws such as drinking and possession laws, drug laws, and other common restriction laws to ensure that you don’t trip on anything by accident. Every state has their own variations of laws such as marijuana possession, so it is important that you perform as much research as possible.

   Military Service

   While the US Military is a volunteer-based military force, men who reach the age of 18 are also required to register for Selective Service in the case that a military draft should ever be activated. This doesn’t mean that a draft is going to happen in the foreseeable future, but this is in place in the case that it is ever found to be required.

   Have Legal Issues? Ship Your Legal Documents Fast with Reliable Couriers!

   Whether you simply need a signed contract to be delivered to the proper recipient or you have a pressing legal matter that involves court documents, Reliable Couriers has the legal courier services to meet your needs. Our legal rush courier services are available 24/7 to ensure that you’re never without a fast solution to getting your legal documents from Point A to B in a rush. Our legal couriers will ensure that your legal documents are always delivered in a safe and secure manner, and with all due professionalism. Give us a call or visit our website for more information and to receive a free, zero-obligation price quote for your next legal document delivery!

4. Tyson Foods Still in Lawsuit for COVID-19 Cases

   June 11, 2021 9:05 am Leave a Comment

   Back in 2020 when the pandemic was running at full-throttle, it became an infamous story when it was revealed that some of Tyson Foods’ company managers were betting money on how many of their employees would contract COVID-19. That anyone was betting money on the potential deaths of their own employees were abhorrent enough, but the situation went beyond that. Along with that coverage, the company also came under fire for how little it seemed to care in general for its workers in the midst of a pandemic.

   The Lawsuit Details

   The lawsuit itself claims that the Tyson Foods managers were responsible for “fraudulent misrepresentations, gross negligence and incorrigible, willful, and wanton disregard for worker safety”. To dive further into the details, the whole cash-betting on COVID-19 worker victims was orchestrated by the plant manager of the Waterloo facility, Tom Hart. At the time of the original incidents, the Waterloo plant was under advisement to shut down by the Black Hawk County Sheriff Tony Thompson. The plant did not shut down, and by May of 2020, the plant had already over 1,000 workers that tested positive for COVID-19.

   Tyson Foods did fire 7 plant managers once the COVID-19 betting ring had come to light, but it did little to repair the damage and harm caused by it. At least 49 employees have either died or been injured from long-term effects of COVID-19 because of the Waterloo facility and its mismanagement. That is just one of the reasons why the lawsuit continues, but it is currently on hold.

   Lawsuit on Hold in the Federal Appeals Court

   Presently, the lawsuit remains on hold while Tyson Foods claims that it cannot be sued because it was acting under federal instructions to maintain the nation’s food supply by keeping its plant open. The company argues that their order was given by the former-President Donald Trump. The US Dept of Agriculture, and the US Dept of Homeland Security. With this argument, they believe they can’t be held responsible for any wrongful death or personal injury claims unless it’s taken to a federal court.

   The issue is the lawsuit is now on hold as a federal appeals court determines whether they will let the case move forward to federal court or if they will push it back to the state court once again.

   A further complication was created by a Texas ruling for 38 Tyson employees at the Amarillo plant who either got sick with COVID-19 or were killed by it. In that ruling, a judge had recognized that Tyson Foods was “acting under the direction of federal officials”. But this hasn’t stopped shareholders from speaking their minds as even they are filing multiple lawsuits against the company for both the endangerment of their frontline workers as well as their false and misleading claims about COVID-19 that they had used to try keeping their workers working instead of seeking testing, treatment, and avoiding the possibility of catching COVID-19.

   Whether the lawsuits work out or not, it is clear that going forward Tyson Foods will not be standing under the same light it used to as families who’ve lost loved ones will remember the company for its neglectful actions.

   Keep Your Legal Documents on Track with Reliable Couriers

   Finding justice is never easy, and it can be even more painful of a journey if it’s in response to losing a loved one to another’s negligence. But to ensure that your case continues with minimal interruption, you’ll need to make sure that your legal documents are delivered same day into the hands of the right recipients at the right time. Reliable Couriers offers a 24/7 legal courier service for all who need to have their legal documents shipped out in a hurry. Whether you have court filings, processing documents, or court document retrievals, our legal couriers will ensure that they’re delivered to the proper courthouse, clerk’s desk, or office in a safe manner and with all due professionalism.

5. Refurbished Medical Equipment Market Due to Rise

   June 5, 2021 10:02 am Leave a Comment

   Since COVID-19 first struck and the medical supply lines of the US started to get strained in 2020, medical equipment production went into overdrive across the board. But as medical equipment was being produced and distributed, a lot of other medical equipment was also being moved for refurbishment as they were being replaced. It’s a world that isn’t given much spotlight, but many health organizations rely on refurbished equipment for their many kinds of operations!

   The Benefits of the Refurbished Medical Equipment Market

   With a market for refurbished medical equipment, it is possible for health organizations, especially new offices that haven’t built their business up, to purchase medical equipment at a more affordable rate. The other benefit is that these pieces of medical equipment continue to benefit the lives of many others instead of filling landfills. Companies that have worked to build the medical equipment refurbishing market include GE Healthcare, Siemens Healthineers AG, Integrity Medical Systems Inc., Soma Technology, Canon Medical Systems Corporation, and Block Imaging International Inc.

   What Kind of Medical Equipment Gets Refurbished?

   There is a broad range of medical equipment that gets the refurbishing treatment in the medical equipment market. Here’s a list of just some of the equipment that is being refurbished today to ensure that clinics and hospitals have the equipment they need:

   • Cardiology Equipment
   • Patient Monitors
   • Operating Room & Surgical Equipment
   • Medical Imaging Equipment
   • IV Therapy Systems
   • Intensive Care Equipment

   These are just a small sample of the massive refurbished medical equipment market. But each plays an important part in making sure that healthcare professionals around the globe have what they need to properly diagnose and treat their patients.

   The Refurbished Medical Equipment Market is On the Move—Upwards!

   Since the medical equipment market started to pick up the pace to try meeting the sudden surge of demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the refurbished market has gained speed, with the global market estimated to reach as high as $12.52 billion for the year 2021. That’s from $10.77 billion in 2020—a large amount of growth! One of the catalysts behind this growth is undoubtedly the urgent need for medical equipment for COVID-19 patients. With how urgent COVID-19 cases can become, there is no time to lose to have the right medical equipment on hand, and the best way to ensure that the supply doesn’t dwindle too fast is to have used medical equipment refurbished and ready for the next set of patients. Due to the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic, we can likely expect the refurbished medical equipment marketing to continue this positive trajectory for the foreseeable future as more medical equipment is in need of refurbishment and reassignment to clinics in need across the whole world.

   Keep Your Healthcare Facility Stocked with a Same Day Medical Courier!

   Your medical equipment and supplies are crucial to the success of your healthcare organization. They also play a critical role in the wellbeing of your patients. With Reliable Couriers and our medical courier services on your side, you’ll have OSHA and HIPAA protocol trained drivers to ensure the safe and secure transportation of your much-needed medical equipment and supplies. Wherever you need your medical shipments made, we’ll have your deliveries shipped on the fastest routes possible, saving you time and money while you focus on helping lives! Give us a call or visit our website to receive a free, zero-obligation price quote, and we’ll be happy to help streamline all your medical equipment deliveries!

6. How to Prepare and Be Safe for a Trade Show in A COVID-19 World

   June 2, 2021 10:02 am Leave a Comment

   The world is simply not the same. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, going to a trade show was like going to any other large-scale convention event—your only concern was finding your way around the trade show center to find all the wonderful displays that you were bound to encounter.

   If you were running a display booth yourself, you just needed to worry about how many eyes you could get on your products to nab those sales. But now things are different. Safety is paramount as now people running trade show displays as well as attendees have both a pandemic as well as bad actors to worry about.

   Trade shows are a place where amazing ideas are shared, but also some very valuable and expensive equipment or products are being placed on display. This means that along with a pandemic to worry about, there’s always been the risk of bad actors looking to steal something of value, whether for themselves or even for another company.

   Today, we’re going to take a dive into how to prepare yourself for a trade show in a world affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

   Staying Safe Against the Viral Element

   The COVID-19 virus has changed a lot about the way that we do anything in the world today. Trade shows, conventions, large-scale events of any sort—all of these have been greatly affected, with some of them taking on a more hybrid or completely online nature. But if you’re going to a trade show in person, you’ll want to make sure you take the proper precautions to ensure that you remain safe from the pandemic.

   • Wear a suitable face mask to prevent catching COVID-19. According to the CDC, suitable masks have two or more layers of washable, breathable fabric. The mask must also completely cover your nose and your mouth, if your mouth or nose are exposed, then you’ll be able to catch COVID-19 while it is in the air. Finally, make sure the mask fits snugly and doesn’t leave space for gaps. Your mask should have a nose wire to help prevent air leaks from the top of the mask as well. If you have a beard, wearing two masks such as one disposable mask and one cloth mask will help ensure that your facial hair does not impede on your safety.
   • Regularly wash your hands throughout the day and keep hand sanitizer handy. Trade shows often have a lot of high-traffic surfaces that you may touch, so keeping your hands clean will help reduce the chances of collecting COVID-19 from a physical surface.

   Keeping You and Your Products Safe from Bad Actors

   Even before the pandemic, there’s always been the possibility of bad actor elements being present. It can be opportunistic individuals looking to resell a stolen item, or it could even be someone trying to steal another company’s product for their own. Whatever the reason, there is always the chance that there is someone at a trade show with less-than-noble intentions. If you’re running a trade show booth, here are some ways to protect yourself and your products again such bad actors…

   • With everyone wearing face masks to protect themselves from COVID-19, it is important to make sure that attendees and businesses are able to identify themselves by their badges. Badges should have a picture of the person as well, or a QR scanning code to confirm identity.
   • Whether you’re running a booth or an attendee, make sure to only wear your badge while you’re at the trade show. If you’re leaving the trade show, take your badge off and keep it away in a purse or backpack. If there is a bad actor lurking about, wearing your badge is an invitation to a possible robbery of your badge. Don’t give them the chance—hide away your badge while you’re off the trade show floor.
   • If you are working with very expensive products, be sure not to advertise that to just anyone. Keep your advertising to those who have identifying badges, so that you know that you’re advertising to the right people! This helps reduce the likelihood of unwanted parties getting curious about you and your products.

   Safety Means A More Enjoyable Trade Show

   Nothing feels quite like a presentation going right! By keeping these pieces of safety advice in mind, you’ll be able to forge ahead into this uncertain, pandemic-impacted world. Keep your trade shows safe to maximize your enjoyment of your time there, so that you can focus more on catching those sales opportunities and learning about how your industry is evolving!

   Move Your Trade Show Materials with Reliable Couriers

   When it comes to preparing for your next trade show, time is of the essence! Reliable Couriers offers 24/7 same day delivery services for the transportation and shipping of trade show and convention materials. Whether you have display booths, loads of props and giveaways, or sensitive equipment, our diverse fleet of vehicles and specially trained team of bonded drivers will make sure that they’re transported to your next convention center safely and securely. Give us a call or visit our website to learn more about our trade show delivery services and receive a free, zero-obligation price quote for your next shipment!