Pipette check system

A calibration and service management system for hand-holdable laboratory liquid dispensing equipment comprising:

• at least one computer workstation;
• at least one pipette check station programmed to read service and calibration status from a RFID, NFC, or Bluetooth accessible data storage facility of at least one item of hand-holdable laboratory liquid-dispensing equipment, the at least one pipette check station comprising:
• at least one antenna configured to read at least two dates representative of a next service date and a next calibration date from the data storage facility when the item is placed on the check station,
• a data processing unit programmed to calculate a first difference between the at least one next service date and a current date and a second difference between the next calibration date and the current date, and
• a visual indicator configured to present one of a plurality of status indications based on the smaller of the first difference and the second difference,
• wherein the visual indicator presents the status indication when the item is placed on the check station;
• and
• at least one pipette performance check unit configured and programmed to verify whether an item of hand-holdable laboratory liquid-dispensing equipment set to dispense a certain volume of liquid is calibrated to accurately dispense that certain volume of liquid within a specified tolerance, by receiving a sample of liquid dispensed from the hand-holdable laboratory liquid dispensing equipment and determining whether the quantity of dispensed liquid meets a desired value within a specified tolerance.