Original Research on Clinical Flow Cytometry

Beckman Coulter Customer Research

Consequences of insufficient reagent quality

Additional rework or retesting	74%
Challenges in interpreting data	63%
Failed quality controls	63%
False results	48%

Beckman Coulter Customer Research

Controls in Clinical Flow Cytometry

What are the main challenges when implementing a process control for Leukemia & Lymphoma immunophenotyping?

Need to use several controls for full panel coverage	70%
No standard control	52%
Availability of CE-IVD/IVD controls	44%
Limited market offer	44%

Beckman Coulter Case Study

DxFLEX helped to increase overall lab productivity by 10-25% at the Peoples Hospital Of He Nan Province

Introduction

This case study of People’s Hospital of He Nan Province is based on a June 2019 survey of Beckman Coulter customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“DxFLEX helped to overcome challenges with complex analysis.”

“Simple and easy to use.”

“The field-upgradeable configurations will allow DxFLEX to grow with my lab’s requirements.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Beckman Coulter’s DxFLEX:

Factors that contributed to their decision to purchase the DxFLEX:
- Customizable configurations
- Ease of use
- Availability of up to 3 lasers & 13 colors

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of DxFLEX that the surveyed company uses:

Analyzing more than 100 samples on the DxFLEX per week.

Instruments they also considered when purchasing a new flow cytometer:
- BD FACSCanto (II)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with DxFLEX:

Overall lab productivity increased with DxFLEX by 10-25%.
Setting up high-content assays is easier than before since using the DxFLEX.
Instrument setup and workflow improves user’s learning curve
DxFLEX makes high-color applications accessible to flow cytometry newcomers

Beckman Coulter Customer Testimonial

Importance of a quality control in a flow cytometric analysis

In L&L, it starts with the technologist’s recognition of the internal positive and negative control in analyzing a case, and also their hematopathology knowledge.

— Lab Supervisor, Medium Enterprise Health Care Company

Beckman Coulter Customer Testimonial

Importance of a quality control in a flow cytometric analysis

Quality control is needed to ensure that no false positives or false negatives are reported to the clinicians who are then using the data to treat patients. Quality controls will help with the gating and interpretation of the data.

— Lab Supervisor, Medium Enterprise Health Care Company

Beckman Coulter Case Study

Small Business Health Care Company finds setting up high-content assays easier than before since using the DxFLEX

Introduction

This case study of a small business health care company is based on a June 2019 survey of Beckman Coulter customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“DxFLEX helped us to set up the challenging MRD application.”

“The field-upgradeable configurations will allow DxFLEX to grow with my lab’s requirements.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Beckman Coulter’s DxFLEX:

Factors that contributed to their decision to purchase the DxFLEX:
- Small footprint
- Ease of use
- Sample loading options

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of DxFLEX that the surveyed company uses:

Analyzing 51–100 samples on the DxFLEX per week.

Instruments they also considered when purchasing a new flow cytometer:
- NovoCyte® Flow Cytometer

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with DxFLEX:

Overall lab productivity increased with DxFLEX by 10-25%.
Setting up high-content assays is easier than before since using the DxFLEX.
DxFLEX was easy for our lab personnel to learn and master.
High-color applications accessible to flow cytometry newcomers.
Instrument setup and workflow improves the user’s learning curve.
Compensating high-color applications is much simpler.

TechValidate Research on Clinical Flow Cytometry

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Controls in Clinical Flow Cytometry

DxFLEX helped to increase overall lab productivity by 10-25% at the Peoples Hospital Of He Nan Province

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

About Beckman Coulter

Importance of a quality control in a flow cytometric analysis

Importance of a quality control in a flow cytometric analysis

Small Business Health Care Company finds setting up high-content assays easier than before since using the DxFLEX

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

About Beckman Coulter

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About Clinical Flow Cytometry

Beckman Coulter develops, manufactures and markets products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical testing.