For universities, research institutes and biobanks
Know a −80 °C freezer is failing before the samples do
A failed ultra-low freezer can cost years of work, and it usually fails at night or over a weekend. We monitor freezers, incubators and stores around the clock and alarm a named person, with the records your HTA licence and accreditation need.
- ULT freezers, LN2 stores, CO₂ incubators and cold rooms
- Alarms that escalate until someone responds
- 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)
−79.6°C
What inspectors and assessors ask you
The rules that touch your freezers
Not every research lab is regulated. Where you hold human tissue or an accreditation, these are the parts that touch temperature.
- HTA research licence
Storage of human tissue
Licensed premises keep relevant material in suitable storage, with temperatures monitored and a plan for equipment failure.
- ISO/IEC 17025 6.3
Environmental conditions
Accredited testing labs monitor, control and record the conditions that affect their results.
Read the guide - ISO/IEC 17025 6.4
Equipment
Freezers and incubators maintained, and measuring devices calibrated with traceability.
Read the guide - ISO 15189 6.3
Clinical research labs
Labs that report patient results are assessed by UKAS on storage and environmental conditions too.
Read the guide
Ultra-low freezers
Know before a −80 °C freezer warms
- Your agreed storage range
- Alarm limits inside it
Liquid nitrogen and CO₂ go to accredited partners. Probes for ULT freezers are calibrated in our UKAS accredited calibration laboratory No. 10723, within its dry-block range down to −90 °C.
What we monitor
Every freezer, store and incubator across the campus
Ultra-low (−80 °C) freezers
Each freezer with its own limits and alarm route, so the right research group hears first.
Biobanks and liquid nitrogen stores
Probes in LN2 vapour-phase stores, so a failed fill shows before samples warm. Their calibration goes through accredited partners.
CO₂ incubators
Temperature and CO₂ monitored together. CO₂ sensors are calibrated through accredited partners, and temperature in our own lab.
Cold rooms and lab fridges
Reagent fridges, −20 °C freezers and cold rooms across buildings, on one record for estates and lab managers.
Services for this sector
One team for monitoring, mapping, calibration and support
Temperature monitoring
Wireless sensors, alarms that reach a person and an audit trail of who acted.
Explore the serviceUKAS calibration
Temperature calibration in our UKAS accredited calibration laboratory No. 10723, or on your site.
Explore the serviceInstallation and support
Design, installation, training and engineer cover from one UK team.
Explore the serviceService agreements
What each tier covers and how fast we respond, in plain words.
Explore the service
Questions
What people in your sector ask us
Who gets the alarm when a freezer fails at 3am?
Whoever you name for that freezer, and the next person if they don't respond. Each alarm records who acknowledged it and what they did.
Can you monitor freezers across several buildings?
Yes. Wireless sensors report through gateways, so freezers in different buildings sit on one record, grouped by department or research group.
Do you calibrate CO₂?
Through accredited partners. Our own UKAS accredited calibration laboratory No. 10723 calibrates temperature only, from −90 to +135 °C in a dry block and −35 to +40 °C in an air chamber.
Can we replace an older system one building at a time?
Yes. We can keep older wireless systems running and move building by building. See older system support.
Next step
Know what you need?
Tell us your sites, units and the services you want, and we'll send a written quote. If you'd rather talk it through first, call us.
or call 0121 794 8092