The “Last Mile Cold Chain” problem
In health and medical product industry, the “last mile cold chain” problem is a serious one, as we are dealing with human lives. Certain medicines, vaccines, diagnostics, human cultures and organs need to be transported in strictly controlled and “predictable” temperatures, so as efficacy is maintained.
Today, the “last mile cold chain” is inefficient, unregulated and uncontrolled, largely addressed by rudimentary boxes, kept cold through ice-packs. More than half the time, the medicines and samples become ineffective, as the optimum temperature “prescribed” by manufacturer is NOT maintained. This leads to drugs being administered that have lost the potency, leading to disease outbreaks and in some cases, serious complications and even death. If the care providers come to know of medicines/ vaccines/ drugs/ samples being ineffective (due to lab testing or their own experience based on visual cues or using aids such as VVMs – vaccine vial monitors), they are discarded, resulting in cost overheads, care delays and operational inefficiencies.
Transit pilferage or contamination is another challenge in many countries that is part of “last mile” medical transportation, resulting in spurious drugs and vaccines.
The Solution…
ZedBlox Smart Active Carrier
A last mile cold chain solution, for various healthcare and medical needs that is designed using innovative temperature control mechanisms, smart electronics and intelligent software, to be –
- easy to use
- highly portable
- predictable
- reliable
- self-learning
- real-time data driven
- self-diagnostics enabled
- energy efficient
Pilot Feedback
Encouraged by our pilot feedback, we have embarked on participating in conferences, seminars to further endorse our product and got press coverage as well. We got positive response from dignitaries such as Hon’ble Vice President of India, Mr. Naidu visiting our booth and understanding how the complete solution works.
Why Us
and how we plan to make the difference!
A team of experience and youth, geeks and entrepreneurial acumen with cross-domain expertise that is working on transforming healthcare’s “last-mile cold chain” problem through a predictable, technology driven solution.
Our deep research, depth in embedded technologies, years of technical background in thermal management, decades of experience in software products has resulted in a patented product that ensures delivery of health and medical supplies at optimal temperatures, to be effective and safe from care perspective.