Our faclity has 2 Benchtop instruments (FACS Calibur) and two sorting instruments (Star plus and Vantage). we are subsidized by the Dean of the campus and therefore do not recover much in salary (<10%) from the user fees. We charge $30.00 across the board for service. I agree with some of the others who have responded that charging more for sorting makes no sense. In fact, we have been discussing the possibility of REDUCING the rate for long sorts since there is an even more limited use of technical time for sample handling. One issue I would like to bring up is that we do not allow operation of the instruments by anyone except the facility personnel. This keeps instrument maintenance and down time to a minimum. Charles A. Kuszynski, Ph.D. Assistant Professor/Director University of Nebraska Medical Center 986495 Nebraska Medical Center Cell Analysis Facility, WH 3024 Omaha, NE 68198-6495 402.559.6267 voice 402.559.4077 fax ckuszyns@unmc.edu
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sat Mar 10 2001 - 19:31:07 EST