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Lack of standardized,reproducible protocols and reference values is among the challenges faced when using new or upgraded versions of instruments in reproductive laboratories and flow cytometry.Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling
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American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA;Department of
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Lack of standardized,reproducible protocols and reference values is among the challenges faced when using new or upgraded versions of instruments in reproductive laboratories and flow cytometry.Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay combined with flow cytometry routinely used for diagnostic measurement of sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) is a unique example.Any change in the setting of the standard instrument,including upgrades of hardware or software,can lead to different results and may affect clinicians\' decision for treatment.Therefore,we compared TUNEL results of SDF obtained from a standard (C6) flow cytometer with a newer version of the same instrument (C6 Plus) and examined the cutoff,sensitivity,and specificity without calibration (adjustment) and after adjustment.Identical sperm preparation and matched acquisition settings were used to examine the performance of two flow cytometers.The strength of agreement of the results between the two observers was also assessed.After adjustment of the settings,overall concordance became high and the two cytometers showed 100％ positive and negative predictive value with 100％ area under the curve.The overall correlation coefficient observed between C6 and C6 Plus was highly significant (P ＜ 0.0001;r =0.992;95％ confidence interval [Cl]:0.982-0.997).After adjustment,the two cytometers showed very high precision of 98％ and accuracy of ＞99％.The interobserver agreement on C6 flow cytometer for the two observers was 0.801 + 0.062 and 0.746 ± 0.044 for C6 Plus.We demonstrated a strong agreement between the samples tested on the two flow cytometers after calibration and established the robustness of both instruments.
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