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Luminex MAGPIX Installation and Hardware User (IVD) User Manual

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Troubleshooting Procedures

TABLE 9. Types of Dot Plots

Appearance

Description

Possible Problem

Solution

Normal Bead Grouping

MagPlex verifiers
form a tight bead
population within
the boundaries of
the white region.

Irregular Bead Grouping: Photobleached Microspheres vs. Out-of-Calibration Instrument

MagPlex verifiers
are outside of their
region (above or to
the right).

Instrument is out of
calibration.

Recalibrate
and verify.

MagPlex verifiers
are outside of their
region (below or to
the left).

MagPlex
calibrators are
photobleached.

Recalibrate
with new
MagPlex
calibrators and
verify.