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Lab Trailer — Mobile Laboratory Trailers and Lab Trucks
A lab trailer is a mobile laboratory built into a trailer or truck. It has sample intake, a clean work area, biosafety cabinets, lab-grade HVAC and power, and secure data links. Odulair builds lab trailers and 24ft lab trucks for clinical testing, public health surveillance, emergency response and research. Each one is engineered to the assays you will run.
Lab Trailer or Lab Truck?
| 24ft lab truck | Lab trailer (up to 53ft) | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | No CDL (Ford F-650) | CDL Class A tractor for large trailers |
| Space | One lab room plus sample intake | Multiple rooms, with separation between clean and dirty work |
| Deployment | Moves daily between sites | Parks for weeks or months; tractor can leave |
| Typical use | Point-of-care testing, screening, blood draws | High-volume or higher-complexity testing, surge capacity |
What Goes Into a Mobile Lab
- Workflow separation — sample intake, processing and analysis zones laid out so specimens move in one direction
- Biosafety cabinets — Class II cabinets sized for your work; containment level engineered to your assays and biosafety plan
- Lab HVAC — directional airflow, pressure control between rooms and HEPA filtration where needed
- Power — conditioned power and UPS for analyzers, shore power and an on-board generator
- Cold chain — lab refrigerators and freezers, including ultra-low freezers, on backed-up circuits
- Safety — hand-wash and eyewash stations, chemical-resistant surfaces, and biohazard waste handling
- Data — LIMS and EHR connectivity over cellular or satellite links
CLIA and Testing Complexity
Mobile labs are built for everything from CLIA-waived point-of-care testing through moderate- and high-complexity testing. The lab’s CLIA certificate belongs to the operating organization. Odulair designs the space, utilities and workflow to support the testing level on your certificate. Your lab director confirms the final layout before the build starts.
Who Buys Lab Trailers
- Health systems and reference labs adding surge or outreach testing capacity
- Public health departments for outbreak response and surveillance
- Universities and research programs needing field laboratories
- Federal and state emergency response agencies — Odulair is WOSB-certified and registered on SAM.gov (CAGE 6L2X9)
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a lab trailer?
A lab trailer is a mobile laboratory built into a trailer, with sample intake, a clean work area, biosafety cabinets, lab-grade HVAC and power, and data links for running diagnostic or research testing in the field.
Lab trailer or lab truck — which should I buy?
A 24ft lab truck needs no CDL and suits daily moves between sites. A lab trailer gives more rooms and can stay on site for long deployments, but large trailers need a CDL Class A tractor driver.
Can a mobile lab do CLIA high-complexity testing?
A mobile lab can be designed to support CLIA-waived, moderate- or high-complexity testing. The CLIA certificate is held by the operating organization, and the lab director approves the layout and procedures.
What biosafety level can a mobile lab trailer support?
The containment level is engineered to your assays and your biosafety risk assessment, including cabinet type, room pressure and filtration. Contact Odulair engineering with your test menu for a specification.
Who manufactures Odulair lab trailers?
Odulair LLC, a Women-Owned Small Business in Joelton, Tennessee. CAGE 6L2X9, UEI LUAKV3T8KSV5, registered on SAM.gov.
Building a Mobile Lab Program?
Odulair engineering will match your program to the right platform and configuration.