Folkehelseinstituttet (FHI) shall procure a flow cytometer for clinical and experimental research within FHI's area for infection control, environment and health and it shall fulfil a joint function for several departments in the area.
The instrument must be able to detect a minimum of 18 fluorochromes simultaneously and have 5 lasers, including UV/near UV, violet, blue, yellow-green and red. In addition there must be a multi-sampler that takes samples automatically from tubes and/or trays.