Thank you for purchasing BioTek’s Qualification and Maintenance package for the

ELx808™ Absorbance Microplate Reader (all models). The CD contains:

• A manual with step-by-step instructions for performing the qualification

and maintenance procedures, as well as checklists and logbooks for
recording information
• Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheets for analyzing liquid test results
• For Gen5 software users, protocols with embedded Microsoft Excel
spreadsheets for performing the liquid tests and analyzing results

Getting Started
The manual is provided in Adobe® PDF format for easy viewing and printing. If
you plan to use the package as is, open the PDF files in the ‘Manual in PDF
Format’ folder on the CD and print the ones you need. The procedures within the
manual will tell you which spreadsheets or protocols to use.

Customization
The manual is also provided in Microsoft Word format. If you plan to customize
the files or extract portions of them for use in your own procedures, start by
copying the files you need from the ‘Manual Source Files’ folder on the CD to
your computer.
Please note that the original package was fully validated in accordance with
BioTek Instruments’ Product Validation policies and procedures. It is the
customer’s responsibility to validate any modifications to the original package.

All Rights Reserved

© 2011, BioTek® Instruments, Incorporated. No part of this publication may be
reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated
into any language without the written permission of BioTek Instruments, Inc.
with the following exceptions: The original purchaser of this publication is
authorized to print multiple copies of the procedures, checklists, and logbooks for
use with any number of instruments at a single facility. The original purchaser
may also extract sections for use in their procedures at the same facility.

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