Once the test tubes are produced, sterilization is usually required before they can be used in test kits. The soda bottle preforms also contain a screw-top cap that is tamper-proof and safely seals the tube, preventing leakage and exposure during transport. Soda bottle preforms are the perfect size to hold the long COVID-19 swab. These kits include a swab, saline solution and a plastic tube to enclose the swab during transport. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory worked with Coca-Cola Consolidated to determine whether soda bottle preforms, which are small plastic tubes heated and blown into a bottle shape to hold carbonated beverages, can be used as test tubes in COVID-19 kits. For over a hundred years, our family of Coca-Cola bottlers has been honing the production process to serve consumers, and we are honored and excited to pivot that expertise to helping keep Americans safe and healthy.”
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“Through a series of personal connections, we discovered the opportunity to contribute to the effort to increase COVID-19 testing capacity quickly.
“In every community across our country, the local Coca-Cola bottler has always been active in serving its community – and this crisis is no different,” said Dave Katz, President & COO of Coca-Cola Consolidated, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in the U.S. Coca-Cola bottlers had an answer to a problem they did not know existed, and by connection with ORNL, they will now be supplying millions of preforms for COVID-19 testing kits throughout the US.” ORNL and Coca-Cola bottlers solved a huge problem. “It’s this type of collaboration that shows the true impact of industry and national laboratories working together. “Within 24 hours Longhorn called us and said, “Coke is it!’” Love said. “Coke bottlers have done what no other vialing company could do-In a few short days, they have fabricated a small, ruggedized vial from a plastic preform that does not leak, is large enough to hold any swab type, and importantly, they can make millions of tubes per week,” said Daum. Daum, Chief Scientific Officer at Longhorn Vaccines. “There is a global shortage of cryotubes available to meet the need for our PrimeStore Molecular Transport Medium, said Dr. Through a personal connection and discussions with Coca-Cola Consolidated, we determined the preform that goes into a blow molding machine to make Coca-Cola bottles looked exactly like the test tube needed for the COVID-19 testing kits.”Īt ORNL’s request, Coca-Cola Consolidated provided samples of their preforms and the laboratory worked with COVID-19 testing company Longhorn Vaccine-Diagnostics to confirm that the tubes met test kit criteria. of Health and Human Services reached out to ORNL for assistance in finding a COVID-19 test tube solution, we considered several options to help industry scale up production. Lonnie Love, lead scientist for Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s COVID-19 advanced manufacturing initiatives said, “When the US Dept. Department of Health and Human Services collaborated with Oak Ridge National Lab to identify manufacturers who could address a supply chain gap of COVID-19 test collection tubes to support the increasing testing needs of States. Utilizing several injection molding preform tools, the manufacturing co-operative has already produced over 7 million tubes for testing kits. (NASDAQ:COKE) today announced that Southeastern Container, a PET preform and bottle manufacturing co-operative funded and managed by a group of Coca-Cola bottlers, has begun producing test tubes for use in COVID-19 kits. CHARLOTTE, N.C., J(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.
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