POC Blood Glucose Monitoring

A new point-of-care (POC) system for measuring blood glucose uses the smallest sample size and offers the fastest test time. The system has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The FreeStyle Connect system requires a very small sample size (0.3 ml), the smallest required by any POC blood glucose monitoring system. The system uses a technology based on coulometric measurement, a technology that measures virtually all of the available glucose in the blood sample, making it ideal for measuring a small sample size. FreeStyle Connect is also the fastest POC system, providing results within an average of 15 seconds. Accuracy is independent of blood oxygen levels and the results are not affected by common over-the-counter drugs such as vitamins and aspirin. Furthermore, the system interfaces easily with any open POC data-management system.

"Studies have demonstrated that FreeStyle Connect provides accurate results using a very small sample size that may offer advantages with challenging arterial and neonatal samples,” observed George Cembrowski, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, laboratory medicine and pathology, University of Alberta (Canada). "In addition, it may save nursing time, which is a key benefit in a busy hospital.”

FreeStyle Connect is the product of Abbott Diabetes Care (Alameda, CA, USA), a company committed to developing products to reduce the discomfort and inconvenience of blood glucose monitoring.




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