Table 1.

Overall results from the intra-run repeatability and inter-run reproducibility tests on the detection of two DNA targets, using Protocol 1. The second and third columns display the mean and standard deviation (Std. Dev.) of C_q values from each of the four runs executed in four Q3-Plus V2 (Q3) instruments and in one CFX96 instrument, for both targets. The fourth column (Mean Std. Dev.) shows the average of the four intra-run standard deviation values for both targets in each platform—Q3 and CFX96. The fifth and sixth columns show the inter-run—that is, the overall—mean and standard deviation of C_q values for both targets in each platform.

	Intra-Run			Inter-Run
	Mean	Std. Dev.	Mean Std. Dev.	Mean	Std. Dev.
Q3, Target 1	23.2	0.090	0.074	23.2	0.094
	23.3	0.069
	23.2	0.069
	23.2	0.069
CFX96, Target 1	23.2	0.069	0.065	23.4	0.163
	23.6	0.047
	23.4	0.075
	23.4	0.069
Q3, Target 2	21.6	0.047	0.060	21.7	0.087
	21.7	0.050
	21.8	0.069
	21.7	0.075
CFX96, Target 2	21.7	0.160	0.144	22.2	0.346
	22.5	0.134
	22.1	0.149
	22.3	0.134