UKAS accredited calibration laboratory No. 10723
For NHS trusts, health boards and pathology networks
A hospital answers to several inspectors at once: UKAS for pathology, the MHRA for blood, the HTA for the mortuary and the CQC for wards and pharmacy. We monitor for 25 NHS trusts, health boards and pathology networks, with 3,900+ assets monitored across 77 sites, 1,000 of them in London.
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What inspectors ask you
Each department has its own rules. All of them ask for the same three things: the right limits, alarms someone acted on, and calibrated sensors.
Storage and environmental conditions monitored, controlled and recorded, with equipment calibrated and traceable.
Read the guideBlood and components stored within their set ranges, with alarms, records and a quality system around them.
Body stores and freezers kept in good working order, temperatures monitored and alarms tested.
Safe management of medicines, including storage at the temperatures the manufacturer sets.
One record, every regime
| Control | ISO 15189 | BSQR | HTA | CQC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperatures monitored and recorded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Continuous recording (our recommendation) | · | ✓ | · | · |
| Alarms that reach a person, day and night (our recommendation) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Calibrated, traceable sensors | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · |
| Excursions investigated and recorded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Records reviewed and signed off | ✓ | ✓ | · | · |
A summary to plan with, not official guidance. Each rule's own text is in the sources.
25
NHS trusts, health boards and pathology networks
3,900+
assets monitored across our NHS network
77
NHS sites monitored
1,000 of the assets are in London.
By department
What we monitor
Medicine and drug fridges, blood fridges in theatres and room temperatures where stock is kept.
Aseptic units, dispensary fridges, cold rooms and vaccine stores, each with its own limits and alarm route.
Blood bank fridges, plasma freezers, platelet incubators and reagent stores, ready for UKAS and MHRA.
Body stores and freezers, monitored and alarmed, with the records the HTA expects to see.
Healthcare and NHS
Every
visit by assessors and inspectors at Wye Valley NHS Trust includes a look at the Sematics record
“They always come and they always look at the Sematics system and they're always happy with what we do.”
Regulation: ISO 15189 and UKAS assessments
Read the Wye Valley NHS Trust storyServices for this sector
Wireless sensors, alarms that reach a person and an audit trail of who acted.
Explore the serviceTemperature calibration in our UKAS accredited calibration laboratory No. 10723, or on your site.
Explore the serviceHardware IQ and OQ, the platform validated by Sematics, and your URS, DQ and PQ.
Explore the serviceDesign, installation, training and engineer cover from one UK team.
Explore the serviceFree checklist
One page on what a UKAS assessor looks for in temperature records for storage, equipment and calibration.
Questions
Yes. Each department sees its own units, limits and alarm routes, and each inspector gets the records for their area. University Hospitals of Leicester monitors 350+ assets across three hospitals on one system.
You decide per unit: the on-call biomedical scientist for blood, the pharmacy on-call for drug fridges, site estates for a cold room. Each alarm records who responded and what they did.
Calibration for every sensor we supply: traceable to national standards as standard, or UKAS accredited where you need it (temperature in our own UKAS accredited calibration laboratory No. 10723; other parameters through accredited partners). We calibrate in the lab or on your site.
No. We can keep older wireless systems running and move department by department. See older system support.
20-minute compliance check
In 20 minutes we go through how each department proves temperature control and where the gaps are. You get them in writing. No product tour.