Figure 1.

General considerations for evaluating the fit-for-purpose of streptavidin bead products and reporting key parameters to promote repeatability among studies. Key features to consider when implementing streptavidin beads into a sample preparation workflow are shown and include physical bead characteristics, bead handling characteristics and performance, and whether manual or automated sample processing is required. Technical details that should be included when reporting data from studies that implement streptavidin-bead-based enrichment are indicated with a black star.