We too have seen many of the previously mentioned problems among the two FACScaliburs I use at Yale. Frequent burnouts, sometimes after a few months, although this has happened with less frequency recently. Still, lasers continue to burn out. We have also seen the fluctuation which seemed to stabilize. This was a prodrome for burnout and although you may have thought it was running beautifully, it seems worrisome for data integrity. In my view, BD should replace such lasers even out of warranty as they have acknowledged this is a severe flaw and problem with laser 2 in the FACScalibur. Hopefully, they are listening here and will be continuing to find a source for higher quality and more reliable lasers, as some have even been suggested in other posts. Mark Shlomchik, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Immunobiology Yale University School of Medicine 203-688-2089 203-688-2748 (fax) mark.shlomchik@yale.edu
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