Abbott Laboratories, MediSense Products, has launched the Precision PCx 2.2.1™ system, an enhanced version of its handheld, point-of-care blood glucose testing system. The new system and test strip have been developed based on feedback from diabetes caregivers in the hospital setting. Precision PCx 2.2.1 offers several advantages in the areas of test strip performance, sample application, error reduction, ease-of-use, and data management.

The new Precision PCx 2.2.1 system uses TrueMeasure™ Technology, the latest MediSense biosensor technology for blood glucose monitoring. The Precision PCx Plus™ test strip has a fill-trigger electrode that minimizes the potential for errors that can occur when not enough blood is applied to the test strip. The proprietary TrueMeasure Technology is also designed to minimize interferences from other substances, such as acetaminophen, ensuring accurate glucose-specific results. Precision PCx Plus test strips offer flexible sample application. Blood may be applied to the top or end of the test strip. The test strips are individually bar-coded and foil-wrapped to help enhance patient safety by minimizing errors due to use of expired test strips or mismatched calibration codes and test-strip lots.

“The launch of Precision PCx 2.2.1 reinforces our commitment to offering innovative, point-of-care solutions that address the growing demand for accurate, easy-to-use products with Web-based data management capabilities,” says Ed Fiorentino, president, MediSense Products, Abbott Laboratories. “MediSense will continue to develop products that meet the unique needs of our customers and improve health care for people living with diabetes.”

Precision PCx 2.2.1 also offers an ergonomic design, high-speed data communications, and the capability to interface with Precision Web™, a Web-based data management system also manufactured and marketed by Abbott Laboratories, MediSense Products. Precision Web, which is also capable of interfacing with other point-of-care systems, interfaces with a hospital’s laboratory information system, facilitating timely and accurate patient record keeping and accounting. Precision Web provides simultaneous, multiuser access to point-of-care testing information throughout a hospital or health system network.