Akuratemp Commits to Making S.M.A.R.T. Specimen Transport the Standard Across Its Product Portfolio
Company advances an integrated approach combining validated temperature control, operational visibility, and traceable custody to help laboratories reduce specimen transport risk before it affects turnaround time or patient care
ANAHEIM, Calif., July 28, 2026 — Akuratemp®, a provider of temperature-controlled specimen transport solutions for healthcare and laboratory logistics, today announced at the 2026 ADLM Clinical Lab Expo its commitment to advancing SMART Specimen Transport Systems across its product portfolio.
SMART stands for Secure, Monitored, Adaptive, Reliable & Traceable. This commitment reflects a clear principle: healthcare specimens should not travel through an unverified cold chain.
Traditional specimen transport packaging may provide physical protection and temperature control. However, laboratories and courier operations increasingly need to know more: whether the system was correctly prepared, how it performed in transit, where delays occurred, who maintained custody, and whether an exception required action.
Akuratemp is addressing these needs by bringing together validated temperature-controlled packaging, connected monitoring, workflow visibility, exception notifications, and documented chain of custody. The goal is to make transport conditions easier to see, manage, and verify throughout the specimen journey.
Moving Beyond Passive Specimen Transport
Specimen transport risk rarely comes from packaging alone. It can enter the workflow through an incorrect pack-out, extended staging time, a delayed pickup, an unrecorded handoff, exposure during transit, or an asset that is returned to service without sufficient verification.
When these events remain invisible, laboratories may have limited evidence to determine what happened. The operational consequences can include additional investigation, staff coordination, repeat transportation, specimen recollection and delays in testing or patient care.
A SMART Specimen Transport System is designed to reduce that uncertainty by combining:
- Validated temperature-controlled transport assets
- Standardized and repeatable pack-out procedures
- Temperature, location, and workflow-event visibility
- Proactive exception notifications
- Documented custody and transport records
- Asset inventory, utilization, and return-to-service oversight
- Data that supports root-cause analysis and continuous improvement
This approach helps operations and quality teams manage specimen transport as one connected workflow rather than as a collection of disconnected packaging, sensors, routes, and records.
Building Readiness Into Daily Operations
Laboratories already operate under requirements and quality systems intended to protect specimen integrity and support reliable test results. As healthcare logistics networks become more distributed, the ability to demonstrate control over transport conditions is becoming increasingly important.
Akuratemp’s position is that laboratories should not have to wait for a failed specimen, an audit request, or more prescriptive oversight before improving visibility.
By embedding temperature control, traceability, and usable operational evidence into routine transport workflows, organizations can address immediate business needs—including fewer preventable exceptions, more stable turnaround times, reduced investigation effort, and greater accountability—while also strengthening audit and compliance readiness.
“Our commitment is to help make every specimen journey visible, manageable, and verifiable,” said Andreas (Andy) Reinhart, CEO at Akuratemp. “A transport system should do more than hold temperature. It should give laboratory and logistics teams the evidence they need to act early, understand exceptions, and protect the continuity of patient care.”
An Integrated Specimen Transport Approach
Cold Chain Intelligence Platform provides visibility into temperature, location, workflow events, proof of custody, and exception status across specimen transport and storage assets. Operational data supports Cold Chain Process Optimization. SMART specimen transport portfolio brings together pre-validated, reusable parcel shippers and medical courier totes with end-to-end traceability. Together, these capabilities support a continuous approach to specimen transport:
ADLM 2026 attendees can meet the Akuratemp team and explore its SMART Specimen Transport Systems at Booth #944 during the Clinical Lab Expo in Anaheim, California, July 28–30.
About Akuratemp
Akuratemp is a healthcare cold chain solutions company dedicated to protecting diagnostic specimen integrity during its transportation from a collection site to the central laboratory.
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Akuratemp, LLC
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