trans-o-flex delivers PCR tests for schools and kindergartens in NRW

The express service provider trans-o-flex distributes reliable tests without nasal or throat swabs for schools and kindergartens in North Rhine-Westphalia in cooperation with Schubert Medical Products. An express shipment of 5,600 packages was required. The high delivery performance and flexibility of trans-o-flex were decisive.

(Weinheim) To detect Covid-19 infections as quickly and safely as possible, schools and kindergartens in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) have received a total of 250,000 so-called lollipop tests. These particularly easy-to-conduct and very safe PCR pool tests were procured by the company Schubert Medical Products and distributed to schools and kindergartens as timely shipments via trans-o-flex Express as needed.

The trading company for medical products and supplies for doctors received the order to purchase the various components of the special tests (such as tubes, swabs, sticks, etc.), assemble ready-to-use test kits, and commission and distribute the kits in the weekly quantities required by the schools. For the delivery to schools and kindergartens in NRW, Schubert relied exclusively on trans-o-flex Express. The logistics specialist for pharmaceuticals and other sensitive goods picked up the packages with PCR tests at Schubert’s Bavarian location in Wackersdorf and then delivered them as scheduled express shipments. The shipments were always delivered on Wednesdays or Thursdays before 10 or 12 o’clock with the supplies for the following week. In total, 250,000 test kits were distributed in 5,600 packages between the end of April and the end of June.

Flexibility in operational processing

“We have been successfully working with trans-o-flex nationwide for years and especially appreciate the extremely secure and punctual delivery of sensitive products,” says Dr. Christian Hilgarth, Sales Manager at Schubert Medical Products. “Due to the high delivery performance and flexibility in operational processing, we also chose to cooperate with trans-o-flex for this large order.”

For trans-o-flex CEO Wolfgang P. Albeck, the special order underscores the company’s particular significance and responsibility during the pandemic: “Due to our experience and capability, especially in the transport of pharmaceutical products, we are the first choice for more and more companies and public clients when it comes to delivering medical or other sensitive products nationwide. We are pleased that we can contribute to the return to normalcy in school life with the delivery to schools and kindergartens in NRW.”

This is how the tests work without nasal or throat swabs

With the special PCR pool tests (lollipop tests), no nasal or throat swab is required. Instead, a swab is sucked on for 30 seconds twice in a row – like on a lollipop. The first swab is placed together with the lollipops of other children in a large container (pool). The second swab goes into a retesting tube, which is labeled with the child’s name. If the entire pool is negative, everything is fine. If the pool is positive, all children must go into quarantine. Then the individual samples are retested to find out which children are actually infected, who must then stay at home until they no longer pose an infection risk.

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