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 |
|---|---|
| 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% |