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Ensuring Your Critical Research and Clinical Materials Are Protected, Even When the Unexpected Happens
Harrow Green’s Cambridge Biorepository provides one of the UK’s most robust and reliable disaster recovery infrastructures for laboratories, biotech organisations, CROs, and clinical institutions. When power fails, equipment breaks down, or a facility becomes unsafe, our emergency response services ensure your samples remain protected, traceable, and fully compliant, without interruption.
Our Disaster Recovery (DR) framework combines validated backup storage, nationwide rapid mobilisation, and regulatory-grade governance to give clients total confidence that their materials will remain safe and accessible in any scenario.
Specialist Disaster Recovery with Nationwide Coverage
As the UK’s market leader in laboratory relocations and specialist scientific logistics, Harrow Green delivers disaster recovery support that extends far beyond Cambridge. With a country-wide network of trained response teams and a fleet of specialist temperature-controlled vehicles, we can mobilise rapidly to secure:
- Cryogenic samples (vapour or liquid phase)
- –80°C ULT freezers or individual sample boxes
- Refrigerated or ambient laboratory materials
- Entire laboratory inventories requiring emergency relocation.
Whether a client requires the urgent uplift of a single freezer or a full facility evacuation, our teams are prepared to respond immediately, anywhere in the UK.
Proactive Contingency Planning for Continuity of Research
Every disaster recovery arrangement begins with a tailored planning process. Our technical specialists:
- Conduct a pre-emptive site visit to understand your storage systems, facility layout, risks, and priorities.
- Build a bespoke continuity plan detailing uplift procedures, documentation requirements, disaster scenarios, and response triggers.
- Align recovery workflows with GxP expectations, QA governance, and client SOPs.
This proactive approach ensures that if an outage or emergency occurs, your samples can be secured immediately with zero delay and full chain-of-custody control.
Regulatory Oversight: DGSA, ADR and HTA-Aware Operations
Every disaster recovery action is executed with strict regulatory compliance:
In-House Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (DGSA)
Our DGSA oversees all regulatory documentation, packaging requirements, and safety assessments for the movement of regulated biological materials.
ADR-Certified Drivers & Trained Logistics Teams
We ensure all recoveries and transfers are conducted safely, legally, and in full alignment with UK and international transport regulations.
HTA-Aware Storage & Handling
For clients storing human tissue, our HTA-licensed facility provides the highest standards of ethical, legal, and secure material management.
We maintain:
- Segregated licensed areas
- Enhanced documentation
- Full traceability and audit trails
- Oversight from a Designated Individual (DI) and specialist QA team.
Recovery operations involving HTA-relevant samples follow additional governance and documentation protocols.
A Multi-Layered Disaster Recovery Infrastructure
Our facility is engineered for complete resilience, using multiple layers of redundancy to protect your samples before, during, and after emergency intake.
24/7 Live Environmental Monitoring & Reporting
Real-time monitoring ensures immediate alerting and escalation across all storage systems, maintaining temperature integrity at every stage of the DR process.
Dual Redundant Communication Systems
UPS-backed monitoring and dual 4G cellular gateways maintain visibility even if local power or communications fail.
Emergency Generator Power
A fully integrated generator ensures uninterrupted operation of:
- LN₂ autofill systems
- –80°C ULT freezers
- Refrigeration units and climate-controlled rooms
- Monitoring and security systems.
Infrared Thermal Surveillance
Infrared cameras provide an additional safeguard, detecting temperature fluctuations and environmental discrepancies early.
Tiered Secure Access
Emergency recovery storage zones are housed within secure biostorage rooms, protected by keypad access, CCTV, and strict access control protocols.
Rapid Response When It Matters Most
Our emergency teams can respond to events such as:
- Sudden freezer or cryogenic tank failure
- Facility-wide power loss or HVAC breakdown
- Flooding, fire alarms, or building evacuation
- Environmental excursions during audits
- Laboratory moves disrupted by unexpected technical issues.
We provide immediate intake capacity, rapid documentation, secure uplift, and validated backup storage across cryogenic, ULT, and refrigerated environments.
Why Life Science Organisations Rely on Harrow Green for Disaster Recovery
- Nationwide rapid mobilisation
- Validated emergency storage across all temperature ranges
- DGSA oversight & ADR-certified logistics
- HTA-licensed secure storage for human tissue
- 24/7 monitoring, alarms & engineering support
- End-to-end chain-of-custody and audit-ready documentation
- Tailored contingency plans for true continuity assurance
- Trusted by NHS, universities, CROs, biotech & pharma.
When failure is not an option, Harrow Green provides the resilience, compliance, and expertise needed to protect your most valuable scientific assets.
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