Reagent Shipping Policy

General Guidelines

  • Orders containing microspheres with US destinations ship Monday through Thursday.
  • Orders containing microspheres with international destinations ship Monday through Wednesday.
  • Guidelines do not apply if the items are on backorder.

Reagent Shipping Guidelines

  • MicroPlex® Microspheres regions 1-100; one, four, & 16 ml volumes will generally ship within three business days after the entry of the order. We guarantee a six month shelf life from the shipment date.
  • MagPlex® Microspheres MAGPIX® & Luminex® 100/200™ regions; one & four ml volumes will generally ship within three business days after the entry of the order. We guarantee a six month shelf life from the shipment date.
  • MagPlex Microspheres FLEXMAP 3D® regions; one ml volume will generally ship within three business days after the entry of the order. We guarantee a three month shelf life from the shipment date.
  • MagPlex® Monitoring Microspheres; one mL volume will generally ship within three business days after the entry of the order. We guarantee a three month shelf life from the shipment date.
  • Calibration Kits and Verification Kits for MAGPIX®, Luminex® 100/200™, FLEXMAP 3D®, and xMAP® INTELLIFLEX will generally ship within three business days after entry of the order. We guarantee a six-month shelf life from the shipment date.
  • LumAvidin® Microspheres will generally ship within six weeks. If the item is in inventory, the order will ship within three business days. We guarantee a three month shelf life from the shipment date.
  • SeroMAP™ Microspheres will generally ship within three business days after the entry of the order. We guarantee a six month shelf life from the shipment date.
  • MagPlex-TAG™ products will generally ship within three business days after the entry of the order for part numbers MTAG-AXXX and MTAG-BXXX, and we guarantee a six month shelf life from the shipment date. Part numbers MTAG-CXXX are built-to-order and we guarantee a three month shelf life from the shipment date.
  • Sheath Fluid PLUS 20L volume will generally ship within three business days via ground. We guarantee a six month shelf life from the shipment date.
  • Sheath Concentrate PLUS 1L volume will generally ship within three business days via ground. We guarantee a three month* shelf life from the shipment date.
  • MAGPIX Drive Fluid PLUS 4 Pack will generally ship within three business days via ground. We guarantee a six month shelf life from the shipment date.
  • xMAP® Salmonella Serotyping Assay Kit and Assay Buffer will generally ship within three business days after the entry of the order. Salmonella Serotyping Assay Kit and Assay Buffer are separate orderable part numbers, however Assay Buffer is provided with the kit as a courtesy. As a result, the expiration dating for the two items are independent and will differ. The minimum remaining expiration dating at the point of shipment for the Salmonella Serotyping Assay Kit will be no less than six months. The minimum remaining expiration dating at the point of shipment for the Assay Buffer will be no less than three months.

*Products released with truncated minimum shelf life guarantee with intention of extending minimum shelf life to six months upon completion of extended stability studies.