Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements of Danaher Corporation of our report dated April 21, 2011, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Danaher Corporation and subsidiaries and our report dated February 24, 2011, with respect to the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Danaher Corporation and subsidiaries, included in this Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 21, 2011.
Registration Statements on Form S-3
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Registration Number | | Date Filed | | |
333-159060 | | May 8, 2009 | | |
Registration Statements on Form S-8
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Name | | Registration Number | | Date Filed |
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| Tektronix, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and Tektronix, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended | | 333-147546 | | November 20, 2007 |
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| Danaher Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended; Amended and Restated Danaher Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan | | 333-144572 | | July 13, 2007 |
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| Amended and Restated Danaher Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended | | 333-59269 | | July 16, 1998 |
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| Danaher Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended | | 333-159059 | | May 8, 2009 |
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Danaher Corporation and Subsidiaries
Retirement and Savings Plan; Danaher
Corporation and Subsidiaries Savings Plan | | 333-107500
333-117678
333-159057 | | July 31, 2003
July 27, 2004 May 8, 2009 |
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Danaher Corporation and Subsidiaries
Amended and Restated Executive Deferred Incentive Program | | 333-105198
333-159056 | | May 13, 2003
May 8, 2009 |
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
McLean, Virginia
April 21, 2011
