If the biobank, biorepository, sample tracking, aliquots, are the parts of the bio specimen storage process, the cold chain management is the life of the process. The process of biorepository, sample tracking, and aliquots can be stopped for a period of time but the cold chain management in the biobank cannot be stopped. Biorepository, Sample tracking, and Aliquots can be compared as hands, and legs to bio specimen stored in the biobank, whereas the cold chain management is the life to the specimens stored in the bio bank. The cold chain management is used in the bio bank ensures the shelf life of the specimens. The cold Chain management must be measured and controlled according to the specimen stored in the bio bank.
Refrigerated trucks, refrigerated cars, refrigerated ships, are some of the vehicles used to transport the specimens without break in the cold chain management. Temperature monitors are fixed in these vehicles to monitor the temperature and whenever there is oscillation in the required temperature, it is corrected immediately. Thus the cold chain management is done throughout for the specimen. Proper planning is essential for cold chain management because it is the crucial process in the storage of the bio specimens. Thus cold chain management plays an important role in the development of the bio technology.
