Beckman Coulter Customer Research
Consequences of insufficient reagent quality
| Additional rework or retesting |
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| Challenges in interpreting data |
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| Failed quality controls |
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| False results |
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Beckman Coulter Customer Research
Please rate the following Beckman Coulter flow cytometry reagents compared to other suppliers.
Best in class
Significantly better
Better
Worse
| Quality, Stability, Robustness |
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| Lot-to-Lot Consistency |
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| Performance, e.g. Sensitivity, Background Reduction |
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| Application & Product Support |
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| Complete Solution including Instrument, Software & Reagents |
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Beckman Coulter Customer Research
What are the main challenges when implementing a process control for Leukemia & Lymphoma immunophenotyping?
| Need to use several controls for full panel coverage |
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| No standard control |
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| Availability of CE-IVD/IVD controls |
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| Limited market offer |
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Beckman Coulter Customer Research
Which type of controls are you using and how would you rate them?
| Best in class | Significantly better | Better | Worse | |
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| Fresh patient or normal whole blood samples |
28% |
36% |
36% |
0% |
| Cryo-persevered patient or normal samples |
17% |
33% |
22% |
28% |
| Cell lines |
0% |
31% |
50% |
19% |
| Commercially available controls |
13% |
54% |
29% |
4% |
| Internal Positive Controls (using the expression patterns of normal cells in the sample) |
41% |
36% |
23% |
0% |