At my current job validating and verifying medical devices, it is extremely important to keep an accurate detailed notebook of everything down in the laboratory. This is critical because the devices take upwards of 14 hours to pass all the testing required for them to meet specifications and be deemed fit for hospitals and analytical laboratories. Due to the long testing, multiple employees could be validating/ verifying each instrument as it goes through its testing phase. As one 8 hour shift ends, the next employee has to be able to seamlessly pick up on the testing responsibilities; knowing each and every detail of every passed/ failed test (hundreds of individual tests). Without the detailed log, this task would be made extremely difficult if not impossible and valuable time/ money/ recourses would be wasted that could otherwise be utilized elsewhere in the company. These highly detailed logs are also of the utmost importance when the FDA audits the company. If the information contained within the electronic notebook was either missing or incorrect, massive consequences would result to both the individual responsible and possibly the entire project.