Method of verifying the accuracy of a liquid dispenser

摘要

This invention relates to a method of determining the accuracy of a liquid dispenser. More particularly, this invention relates to a method of use of robotic equipment in the processing of microliter-plate based assays. The method permits the diagnostic instruments using absorbance type measurements and laboratory robots in the analysis of samples to verify the accuracy of the dispensing portion of the robot by comparing the absorbance due to a dispensed volume of reagent with that due to a known volume of the same reagent. This method finds particular use in the diagnostic instruments analyzing samples which contain viruses (or antibody to the virus) of infectious diseases. Typical of such infectious diseases are the human immunodeficiency virus Type -1(HIV-1).