When you're shipping in the medical courier industry, there are some terms that you need to become familiar with. Although they use all the terminology that is common to the courier industry, they also borrow heavily from the medical industry lingo that is more common to the halls of a hospital than to that of a courier service. What is often simply referred to as emergency courier service in the delivery world is usually called STAT shipping when dealing with the medical delivery industry.
Medical delivery companies can ship many different types of goods which need to be delivered in a very short amount of time. Blood is sometimes shipped for transfusions, something can be especially important in emergency or disaster response situations. Sometimes, drugs need to be shipped as fast as possible, such as when a new or experimental drug is needed for treatment and only available in limited quantities. Another example is how sometimes tissue samples are shipped in order to be tested by equipment which may only be present in certain labs.
When these deliveries are required to be completed as fast as possible, they are called a STAT delivery. STAT is a term that is used in hospitals all the time. It means to have something completed as fast as possible, and comes from the Latin term which means immediately: "statim".
STAT deliveries help to ensure that emergency response medical situations can be completed successfully even when certain supplies or goods are not present where they need to be at the time. A successful and effective STAT delivery network across the country helps to improve emergency medical care and response times in a variety of different situations.
Sometimes, STAT shipping is so important that they go beyond simply using a ground medical courier in order to make the delivery. There are many medical courier companies which also employ the use of a helicopter in their business. Some courier companies have their own helicopters which they use for making medical deliveries. Others will have agreements with independent helicopter pilots or companies that they will then subcontract for making emergency deliveries. In these cases, they will usually have an agreement which will ensure that there is always a helicopter available and on call in case there is a need for an emergency shipment to be made. Without such an agreement response times could be longer than acceptable for this type of shipping.
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