Every temperature-sensitive unit, on one system
From ULT freezers and cryogenic storage to incubators, stability chambers, cold rooms, cleanrooms and GDP warehouses, Eltek monitors the equipment a life-science facility depends on, continuously, with alarms and audit-ready records.
Trusted in GxP laboratories, pharmaceutical cold chain and university biobanks across the UK.
Equipment we monitor
What life-science equipment can Eltek monitor?
Eltek monitors the temperature-sensitive equipment a life-science facility runs on: ultra-low temperature freezers, refrigerators, incubators, stability chambers, cold rooms, cryogenic storage, cleanrooms and GDP warehouses. Each is monitored continuously on one connected system, with alarms that escalate an excursion, UKAS-traceable calibration and tamper-evident records, and mapped before use where guidance expects it.
The same wired and wireless sensing, alarms and audit-trailed software monitor each of these, so an estate of very different equipment reports into one record rather than a drawer of standalone loggers. Select a unit to see how it is monitored.
How do you monitor an ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezer?
Ultra-low temperature freezers hold samples that are often irreplaceable, so they are monitored continuously rather than by spot check. Eltek fits wired probes or wireless GenII transmitters that record the freezer’s temperature around the clock, escalate an SMS and email alarm if it drifts, and keep a tamper-evident record. The same loggers can map the freezer under load before it is trusted.
How should laboratory and pharmacy refrigerators be monitored?
Laboratory, pharmacy and reagent refrigerators need a continuous record and an alarm that leaves the building, because a fridge that drifts overnight can quietly spoil samples, reagents or medicines. Eltek monitors every refrigerator on one connected system, alarms out of hours and removes the twice-daily manual round, while keeping a timestamped record for audit and accreditation.
How do you monitor a laboratory or IVF incubator?
Incubators hold a tightly controlled environment that delicate, time-critical work depends on, so even a brief departure matters. Eltek monitors incubator temperature continuously with high-accuracy sensors, escalates an alarm the moment conditions drift, and records the history, so a lab can see a problem as it happens and evidence the conditions a culture was held in.
How is a stability chamber monitored under ICH Q1A(R2)?
Stability studies run under the conditions set out in ICH Q1A(R2), adopted by the MHRA and EMA, so the chamber holding them has to be monitored and the record kept. Eltek monitors stability chambers continuously, alarms on an excursion, and provides UKAS-traceable calibration and mapping reports that support qualification, so the study data is backed by evidence the chamber held its conditions.
How do you monitor a walk-in cold room?
A walk-in cold room is prone to door-open events and uneven conditions, so a single sensor by the door tells you little. Eltek maps the cold room to find its warm and cold spots, places sensors accordingly, and monitors continuously with alarms, so an excursion is caught and the record reflects the whole room rather than one convenient corner.
How is cryogenic storage monitored?
Cryogenic storage holds cells, gametes and samples for long periods, and a slow loss can go unnoticed until the material is needed. Eltek monitors cryogenic storage continuously with suitable probes, escalates an alarm out of hours if conditions drift, and keeps a timestamped record, so a facility is warned in time to act and can evidence the conditions its irreplaceable material was held in.
How do you monitor a cleanroom environment?
Cleanrooms are controlled, classified environments where temperature and humidity have to be held and recorded, part of what EU GMP Annex 1 addresses for sterile products. Eltek monitors cleanroom temperature and humidity continuously on the same system as your storage, alarms on an excursion, and keeps an audit-trailed record, so the whole regulated environment sits in one place.
How is a pharmaceutical warehouse temperature-mapped and monitored?
EU Good Distribution Practice expects a storage warehouse to be temperature-mapped before use, so its warm and cold spots are known, then monitored continuously with calibrated equipment. Eltek maps the warehouse under a realistic load, places sensors where the mapping says they matter, and monitors continuously with alarms and audit-ready records, so GDP-compliant storage can be evidenced for any period.
What is temperature mapping, and when do you need it?
Temperature mapping profiles how conditions vary across a store, chamber, cold room or warehouse under a realistic load, so you know the warm and cold spots and where a monitoring sensor should sit. EU GDP expects it before use and after significant change. Eltek maps with the same GenII loggers that then stay in place for continuous monitoring, and provides the mapping report and UKAS-traceable calibration certificates.
The platform
The Darca 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.
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Pharmaceutical cold chain
Mapping and continuous monitoring of cold rooms, refrigerators, freezers and GDP warehouses.
Read moreLife Sciences compliance
MHRA data integrity, EU GMP Annex 11 and GAMP 5, and what Eltek supplies versus what stays yours.
Read moreThe Darca Suite
Collect, Connect and Command: the sensing, the alarms and the audit-trailed software behind it.
Read moreTell us what you need to monitor
Whatever the mix of freezers, fridges, incubators, chambers, cold rooms and cleanrooms, our UK engineers will map it, monitor it and give you one record across the lot.