TechValidate Research on Clinical Flow Cytometry

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.

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.

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.

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