Independence Day Specimen Shipment Alert

By Kelley Luedke • June 26, 2015

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Independence Day, observed on Saturday, July 4, is a U.S. national holiday. Due to the holiday, Mayo Medical Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedule will be altered. To ensure that your specimen vitality and turn-around time are not affected, plan ahead and note:

• FedEx will be closed on Saturday, July 4, which means that any shipment tendered on Friday, July 3 will not be delivered until Sunday night, July 5 or Monday, July 6.  Where ever possible, we have converted “Friday FedEx routes” to Delta Airlines; by doing this we will be able to provide service to 47 percent of our Friday routes. The remainder will have no courier service on Friday, July 3.
• Due to specimen stability issues, we suggest not sending any samples by FedEx on Friday, July 3.
• No Mayo Couriers will make pickups on Saturday, July 4.
• Mayo Couriers who routinely make pickups on Sunday, July 5 will run as normal.
• Only ground and commercial routes will send samples to Jacksonville, FL on Friday, July 3.  Sunday routes to Jacksonville will run as scheduled.
• Normal pickups and deliveries will resume Monday afternoon, July 6.

Kelley Luedke

Kelley Luedke is a Marketing Channel Manager at Mayo Clinic Laboratories. She is the principle editor and writer of Insights and leads social media and direct marketing strategy. Kelley has worked at Mayo Clinic since 2013. Outside of work, you can find Kelley running, traveling, playing with her kitty, and exploring new foods.