Laboratories & Life Sciences

Reagents, equipment, and samples — tracked to the level your SOPs demand

QR Inventory configures to your laboratory's standard operating procedures — expiry alerts, calibration schedules, sample chain-of-custody, and audit-ready records all in one place.

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The problems we hear most in Laboratories & Life Sciences

Reagent and chemical expiry managed via spreadsheets, leading to compliance risk

Equipment calibration records scattered across paper logs and shared drives

Sample chain-of-custody gaps that create audit vulnerabilities

No unified view of what is in stock, what is expiring, and what needs ordering

How QR Inventory is configured for Laboratories & Life Sciences

Expiry tracking

Automated alerts before reagents and consumables expire.

Calibration logs

Equipment calibration history with scheduled reminders.

Sample chain of custody

Timestamped chain-of-custody for every sample movement.

SOP-aligned fields

Custom data fields mapped to your specific procedures.

Audit export

Generate inspection-ready reports in PDF with full scan history.

Visual identification

CLIP-based photo matching for equipment without barcodes.

Common use cases

University or commercial laboratory reagent and consumable stock management
Medical device and equipment calibration tracking across a clinical facility
Environmental sample chain-of-custody for field collection to analysis
Controlled substance and hazardous material inventory compliance

Laboratories

CLIP-based photo identification for unlabelled equipment

QR Inventory's built-in visual similarity search uses CLIP-based image matching to identify equipment from a photograph — useful for legacy lab equipment that predates QR labelling programmes. Items are matched against a catalogue and linked automatically to their maintenance and calibration records.

Common questions

Yes. Role-based permissions allow you to restrict visibility and scan rights for specific inventory categories to named users only.

You set alert thresholds per item category (e.g. alert 30 days before expiry). Alerts are sent by email and appear on the dashboard. You can also pull a report of all near-expiry stock at any time.

Yes. We configure QR Inventory to match your existing calibration fields exactly, so the digital record meets the same standard as the paper one — and can be exported in the same format for inspectors.

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