Laboratory apparatus (1; 1ʹ; 1ʺ; 400; 500) for the apparatus-controlled treatment of at least one laboratory sample, comprising: - at least one treatment device (3; 408) adapted to carry out the treatment of said at least one laboratory sample using a pipetting operation and a quantity of at least one consumable article which is a sample or transport container, and - one control device (2; 406; 506) for controlling the treatment, comprising a data processing device and a memory device for storing data, wherein the control device (2; 406; 506) is adapted to, - in the case of at least one treatment carried out by a treatment device (3; 408), to acquire at least one first item of information, dependent on this treatment, relating to the quantity of consumable articles and/or the number of consumable articles and/or their use and/or their consumption, in first data, particularly by a counting, measuring or calculating operation, and additionally acquiring the first data depending on the type of treatment using this pipetting operation and this at least one consumable article, and - storing at least some of the first data in the memory device, wherein the laboratory apparatus comprises a communication device for establishing a data connection with at least one external data processing device, the communication device being arranged to transmit said at least some first data to the external data processing device, characterized in that the communication device is adapted to receive a communication request initiated by the external data processing device and sent to the communication device, wherein the communication device is arranged to permit, based on the communication request initiated by the external data processing device, a remote data connection to be established by the external data processing device with the communication device, wherein the external data processing device initiated by the external data processing device is an Internet-based form of communication between the external data processing device and the communication device, which, according to a prior agreement between the external data processing device and the communication device, forms an information channel through which the external data processing device sends push information as second data to the communication device using push technology, wherein the control device (2; 406; 506) is arranged, by implementation by program code, to automatically process the second data by extracting push information therefrom and automatically displaying that push information to the user on a display device of a user interface device of the laboratory apparatus. - at least one treatment device (3; 408) adapted to carry out the treatment of said at least one laboratory sample using a pipetting operation and a quantity of at least one consumable article which is a sample or transport container, and - one control device (2; 406; 506) for controlling the treatment, comprising a data processing device and a memory device for storing data, - in the case of at least one treatment carried out by a treatment device (3; 408), to acquire at least one first item of information, dependent on this treatment, relating to the quantity of consumable articles and/or the number of consumable articles and/or their use and/or their consumption, in first data, particularly by a counting, measuring or calculating operation, and additionally acquiring the first data depending on the type of treatment using this pipetting operation and this at least one consumable article, and - storing at least some of the first data in the memory device, wherein the communication device is arranged to permit, based on the communication request initiated by the external data processing device, a remote data connection to be established by the external data processing device with the communication device, wherein the external data processing device initiated by the external data processing device is an Internet-based form of communication between the external data processing device and the communication device, which, according to a prior agreement between the external data processing device and the communication device, forms an information channel through which the external data processing device sends push information as second data to the communication device using push technology, wherein the control device (2; 406; 506) is arranged, by implementation by program code, to automatically process the second data by extracting push information therefrom and automatically displaying that push information to the user on a display device of a user interface device of the laboratory apparatus.