Electronic logbook software — every log, formula, and assessment, captured and provable
No more paper logbooks or an Excel tab per instrument. Temperature and QC logs, prep formulas, and competency assessments captured where the work happens — timestamped, attributed, and producible the moment an assessor asks.
What is electronic logbook software for a lab?
Electronic logbook software replaces a lab’s paper logs and spreadsheet forms with structured entries captured in one system — temperature and equipment logs, QC logs, prep formulas, and assessments — each timestamped, attributed to a person, and kept in a controlled record. LabMODO captures all of them at the bench, flags an out-of-range entry as it’s recorded, and keeps the full history, so a reading from 90 days ago is on screen in seconds, not lost in a binder.
The paper logbook is where your records quietly go wrong
Logs, formulas, and assessment forms are the busiest paper in the lab — and the easiest place for the record to break.
“Everything’s manual from cradle to grave.”
“I’ll make changes to the forms and print them out and forget to update this.”
A reading gets written in the wrong column, or not at all, and nobody notices until an audit. A fridge drifts out of range and the paper log doesn’t flag it for a week. A calculation is done on a desk calculator with no record of the math. An entry has no name against it, or gets backfilled — exactly the uncontrolled-record problem an assessor is trained to find. And when they ask for a specific log, it’s a hunt through binders.
Inside LabMODO’s electronic logbook software
Every form the lab fills in, captured in one place and kept honest.
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Logs captured at the bench, not on paper.
Temperature, equipment, QC, and sample-receipt logs recorded on the lab computer or an iPad where the work happens — each entry timestamped and attributed as it’s made.
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Out-of-range caught as it’s entered.
A reading outside its limits is flagged the moment it’s recorded, not discovered weeks later in a binder — so a problem gets caught while you can still act on it.
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Assessments and checklists as controlled forms.
Competency assessments, review checklists, and the rest are captured as structured forms tied to the person and the record they belong to — not loose paper.
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Every entry tracked and attributable.
Who entered what, when, and any change to it — with no silent backfilling. The uncontrolled-log finding disappears.
Your electronic logbooks — and the formulas and assessments beside them
Logs.
Electronic logbooks for temperature, equipment, QC, and sample receipt — captured at the bench, flagged when out of range.
Assessments.
Competency assessments, checklists, and review forms as controlled, attributable records.
What lives here:
your forms — logs, formulas, and assessments. The documents that govern them — SOPs, methods, the quality manual — live in SOP & document management. Documents are the rules; forms are the record of the work done under them.
What changes when your elogbook lives in one system
No more paper logbooks.
The binder of temperature sheets and the Excel-tab-per-instrument are gone — one elogbook, filled where the work happens.
Out-of-range caught in time.
An excursion flags as it’s entered, so it’s a caught problem, not an audit finding.
Any entry, under a minute.
The reading an assessor asks for is on screen in seconds — timestamped, attributed, in range or flagged — not reconstructed from a binder.
The bench actually fills them in.
Light enough to use on an iPad at the bench, so entries happen in real time instead of being written up later from memory.
The record of the work, under the rules
Forms are the other half of the Document control pillar — in the LabMODO Quality Loop, documents set the rules and forms capture the work done under them: rules → able people → daily work → checked against your standards. A flagged log or a failed assessment can open a corrective action, the finding updates the rules, and the loop closes. The SOP tells you how; the log proves you did.
Everything in one place, nothing to hunt for
“Everything’s in one place. I don’t have to remember when things are coming up — it just tells me.” — Kasey Hoffman, lab manager, drinking-water lab, Texas
Twenty minutes about your lab — and what to fix first
Bring the logs and forms you keep today — the temperature sheets, the QC binder, the prep spreadsheet. We’ll look at where an entry could go missing or an excursion could sit unnoticed, and what it takes to capture them all in one place. You get a plan either way.
FAQ
Questions labs actually ask
If yours isn’t here, ask it on the demo.
What is electronic logbook software, and what can it replace?
What is electronic logbook software, and what can it replace?
Electronic logbook software replaces a lab’s paper logs and spreadsheet forms with structured, attributable entries in one system — temperature, equipment, QC, and sample-receipt logs, prep formulas, and assessment forms. In LabMODO each entry is timestamped and tied to a person, flagged if it’s out of range, and kept in a full history you can produce on demand.
Is LabMODO an elogbook?
Is LabMODO an elogbook?
Yes — the logs side of LabMODO is a full elogbook: your paper logbooks become electronic logbooks captured at the bench, with limits, timestamps, and attribution built in. It also carries the formulas and assessments that sit alongside your logs, so it’s one place for every form, not just the logbook.
Does it flag an out-of-range reading?
Does it flag an out-of-range reading?
A reading outside its limits is flagged as it’s entered, so an excursion is caught in the moment rather than found weeks later in a binder.
Can analysts fill logs in at the bench?
Can analysts fill logs in at the bench?
Yes — electronic logbooks are filled on the lab computer or an iPad where the work happens, so entries are made in real time instead of written up later from memory.
Does it work with our LIMS?
Does it work with our LIMS?
Yes — LabMODO works with or without your LIMS. Your LIMS runs samples and results; LabMODO holds the quality side, including your logs, formulas, and assessments. Where the LIMS stops, LabMODO starts.
Is LabMODO ISO 17025 certified?
Is LabMODO ISO 17025 certified?
No — and no software can be. ISO 17025 sets requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, so it’s labs that get accredited to it (by bodies like A2LA, ANAB, or PJLA), not software. What LabMODO does is keep your logs and records provable for that assessment.