Equipment management

Manage your testing and measuring equipment in line with ISO 9001, ISO 15189 and ISO 17025.

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  • Timely calibration reminders
    Timely reminders and clear calendars help ensure that all your equipment is calibrated and verified on schedule.
  • Control charts with automatic alerts
    Maintain control charts for your equipment to monitor trends and deviations. Automatic alerts notify the responsible people when deviations occur.
  • Detailed documentation
    Complete documentation of the calibration history, maintenance and performance checks for every item of equipment.
  • Manage availability & utilisation
    Digital equipment management shows you when equipment is available before analysis begins, helping you optimise utilisation.

Maintain control charts

Control charts for each item of equipment let you track every control measurement and calibration, supporting metrological traceability. Integrated trend analysis and automatic alerts ensure you receive early notice of potential problems.

Control chart in LDB LIMS

Demo: managing test equipment and maintaining control charts

In this video, our LIMS experts give you a brief overview of test equipment management. We create an item of test equipment and a control chart.

Frequently asked questions from laboratory and quality managers about test equipment management in LDB LIMS:

You always have an overview of upcoming calibrations. Before a calibration expires, LDB displays a task in the relevant areas. Email notifications can also be configured.
Calibration intervals can be defined directly for each item of test equipment. The system automatically calculates the next due date and creates a task in good time, which is displayed in LDB. Email notifications can also be configured.
Yes. The system provides predefined categories, such as refrigerators, incubators and reference materials, and lets you create your own categories. Templates allow you to define different master data fields for different equipment types. Loan equipment and computers can also be recorded.
Control charts are created directly for the relevant item of test equipment. Measurement values can be entered manually or transferred through an import interface. Rules for automatic status changes, such as blocking equipment or sending notifications, are freely configurable. QR codes enable mobile data entry directly at the equipment.
Rules are defined in the control charts, for example based on Shewhart control charts or fixed limits. If a limit is breached, the equipment status automatically changes to blocked, and the equipment can no longer be used for measurements. Further rule settings are available, such as automatic blocking when values steadily increase or decrease.
Yes. External calibration certificates can be uploaded directly using drag and drop. All certificates remain permanently accessible with the equipment record and are stored in an audit-proof manner.
Each item of test equipment has fields for the person responsible and their deputy, each an individual person. Employee groups, such as the quality management team or laboratory management, can also be assigned.
Yes. Test equipment is linked to the parameters or methods used and can be shown in the test report. The system therefore records which equipment was used for a measurement and lists it in the report.
Yes. The equipment calendar lets you enter bookings for test equipment, for example when a thermometer is undergoing calibration and is unavailable for a certain date range. The calendar clearly displays this information, allowing you to plan resources and confirm appointments based on equipment availability.

LDB features

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)