Climate change and diagnostic samples - Opening Pandora's (post) box
The changing climate and evolving models of healthcare delivery-particularly the move toward near-patient and home-based diagnostics-require a rethinking of how we assure the quality and reliability of biological samples in transit. Existing international standards are no longer fit for purpose in this regard. There is an urgent need to acknowledge environmental resilience as a core requirement in diagnostic logistics, and to develop new standards that are robust to the realities of climate variability and decentralised healthcare.
Authors
- Edward Blandford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8846-2650)
- Sue Hill
- Susan Hopkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5179-5702)
- Sarah Tunkel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4898-2472)
- Raghavendran Kulasegaran‐Shylini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4303-5716)
- Tom Fowler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7258-2279)
- Paul E. Klapper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9554-4857)
- Malur Sudhanva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8415-4469)
- Andrew Dodgson
Institutions
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB)
- Health Foundation (GB)
- NHS England
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105983
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00