The company offers the largest menu of diagnostic tests in a handheld platform and is used in nearly 2,000 hospitals in the U.S. The i-STAT 1 Wireless is the latest innovation from Abbott Point of Care, the U.S. It is also is compatible with point-of-care data management systems used with earlier versions of the i-STAT System. The i-STAT 1 Wireless handheld is certified for compatibility with existing wireless networks. By sharing these test results via a hospital's existing wireless network, caregivers have rapid access to information that can help determine if a patient is having a heart attack. This helps health care providers maintain compliance with testing guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association, which call for a turnaround time of less than 60 minutes. With the 10-minute i-STAT cardiac troponin test cartridge, for example, emergency department staffs can test, transmit and treat from the bedside. 'With wireless, physicians can receive immediate test information in the electronic medical record, enabling them to act quickly when a patient's clinical status is rapidly changing,' Arnsdorff said. Eliminating back-and-forth movement from the bedside to a desktop transmission terminal somewhere in the department gives staff the ability to better focus on the patient. The handheld analyzer can potentially save precious time by allowing caregivers to perform critical tests at the bedside and then transmit test results immediately so they can be reviewed by physicians anywhere they have access to electronic records. 'By empowering nurses to stay at the bedside, the new i-STAT 1 Wireless supports a patient-focused approach to treatment, allowing for expedited decision making that helps minimize time to treatment.' 'With i-STAT 1 Wireless, caregivers are able to share critical test information electronically without leaving the patient's bedside,' said Greg Arnsdorff, head of Abbott's point of care business. The new i-STAT 1 Wireless handheld will allow real time transmission of diagnostic test results generated by i-STAT 1 directly from the patient bedside. Food and Drug Administration to begin marketing the i-STAT® 1 Wireless handheld, a new wireless version of the i-STAT® point of care testing system that is widely used in hospitals, emergency rooms and physicians' offices.

PRINCETON, N.J., Ma/PRNewswire/ - Abbott announced today it has received clearance from the U.S.

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