Original Research on Clinical Flow Cytometry

Beckman Coulter Customer Testimonial

Importance of a quality control in a flow cytometric analysis

Quality control is necessary to ensure we don’t miss a cancer diagnosis or tell someone they have cancer when they don’t (false positive).

— Laboratory Technician, Large Enterprise Health Care Company

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 Research

Controls in Clinical Flow Cytometry

How often do you run Leukemia and Lymphoma controls in your laboratory?

Every day	45%
Once per month	30%
Once per quarter	3%

Beckman Coulter Customer Statistic

Increasing regulatory and accreditation requirements

100% of surveyed organizations agree with the statement: “Requirements for accreditation and compliance with clinical guidelines and regulations are increasing for clinical flow cytometry labs compared to past years.”

Beckman Coulter Customer Research

If a Leukemia and Lymphoma process control with IVD/CE-IVD approval were commercially available, would you purchase it for use in your laboratory?

Yes: 76%

No: 16%

Other: 8%

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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Selected Research Highlights

Importance of a quality control in a flow cytometric analysis

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

Controls in Clinical Flow Cytometry

Increasing regulatory and accreditation requirements

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.