Table 5 of
Le Guezennec, Mol Vis 2015; 21:1151-1161.
Table 5. Analysis of approximate reagent cost per sample with conventional and DA-Bead method.
Number of standards | 7 |
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Number of Blanks | 1 |
Number of quality controls | 2 |
Replicates for non experimental samples | 2 |
Total wells for non samples | 20 |
Number of patient samples | 25 |
No of patient well replicates | 3 |
Total wells for patient samples | 75 |
Total number of wells used | 95 |
Cost per plate of one conventional Luminex(4 cytokines) plate method | 1083 US$ # |
Cost per plate of Luminex reagents(4 cytokines) using DA-Bead method | 216 US$ # |
Cost per patient (Conventional Luminex; A) | 43 US$ ## |
Cost per patient (DA-Bead Luminex; B) | 9 US$ |
Savings (A-B) | 34 US$ |
%Savings | 80% |