Life Sciences
Protect every discovery
Continuous environmental monitoring for laboratories, biobanks, pharmaceutical and healthcare facilities, helping you safeguard research, maintain compliance and respond the moment conditions change.
Trusted by leading global research and healthcare facilities.
Why Eltek
Built for regulated, audit-critical environments
From ultra-low temperature freezers and cold rooms to incubators, stability chambers, cleanrooms and IVF clinics, Eltek delivers continuous monitoring and the audit-ready records your quality system depends on. IVF and embryology is a fast-growing area where a single excursion can compromise irreplaceable samples, so we monitor it, wired or wireless, with high-accuracy sensors, secure data, and calibration and validation support from the same UK engineering team.
Audit-ready records
Secure storage, scheduled reports and role-based access with full audit trails, designed for GxP, GMP, ISO and 21 CFR Part 11 environments.
ULT and cold-chain monitoring
Continuous monitoring of ULT freezers, fridges, cold rooms and cold chains, with alarms that escalate before an excursion costs you samples.
IVF, incubators and cleanrooms
High-accuracy monitoring for IVF and embryology equipment, incubators, stability chambers and cleanrooms, where a few degrees or a brief excursion can compromise irreplaceable work.
Mapping and validation
Temperature mapping and validation of storage and process equipment, delivered end to end, from sensors to loggers to software to certificate.
Data integrity and traceability
Precise, traceable data, backed by UKAS-traceable calibration, that stands up to research-governance and regulatory scrutiny, including for HTA-regulated human-tissue storage.
The platform
The Darca Solutions Suite
One complete platform for monitoring laboratories, biobanks, clinics and regulated environments.
Darca Collect
Wireless GenII transmitters and high-accuracy wired probes matched to ULT freezers, cold rooms, incubators, IVF equipment and stability chambers.
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Darca Connect
The SRV450 hub gathers the network and SMS450 alarms escalate an out-of-tolerance excursion to the right person instantly, so samples are protected.
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Darca Command
Compliance-ready dashboards, audit trails and scheduled reporting built for GxP, GMP, HTA, ISO and 21 CFR Part 11 environments.
ExploreProven in life sciences
ULT freezer mapping and validation for a leading UK university biobank
Temperature mapping and continuous monitoring of ultra-low temperature storage down to −80°C, with GenII loggers, audit-trailed records and email and SMS alarms meeting research-governance traceability for samples that have no second copy.
- GxP / GMP
- 21 CFR Part 11
- HTA-relevant
- UKAS-traceable calibration
Speak to an Eltek expert
Tell us what you need to monitor, and our UK engineers will help you specify the right connected solution for your life sciences application.
Other applications
Museums & Heritage
Cathedrals, archives and galleries. Wired and wireless climate monitoring that protects irreplaceable collections without invasive cabling through listed fabric.
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Manufacturing & Industrial
Process monitoring, manufacturing and multi-site estates. Rugged, scalable wired and wireless networks from the factory floor to the cloud.
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Built Environment
Offices, hospitals, universities and commercial estates. Indoor air quality, temperature and humidity monitoring for healthier, better-performing buildings.
ExploreFrequently asked questions
What does 21 CFR Part 11 require for temperature monitoring records?
21 CFR Part 11 expects electronic records used to demonstrate compliance to be secure, attributable and protected from undetected change. Eltek’s Darca Command software stores continuous, time-stamped, non-editable temperature and humidity records with full audit trails, supporting laboratories and pharma cold-chain teams working towards 21 CFR Part 11, EU GMP Annex 11 and GxP requirements. No monitoring product makes a facility “compliant” on its own; validation and process remain the organisation’s responsibility, and Eltek’s system supplies the controls and evidence that support it.
How do you validate temperature mapping in a −80°C ULT freezer?
ULT freezer validation means mapping under a realistic, worst-case load rather than an empty chamber, capturing door-open events (the biggest driver of excursions), and validating the alarm strategy itself, thresholds, escalation delays and out-of-hours delivery, not just the mapping report. Eltek GENII loggers support dense sensor placement without excessive cabling for true spatial profiling, and bridge one-off mapping with continuous 24/7 monitoring in the same ecosystem.