Connectivity: the key to point-of-care testing.
For the point-of-care testing market to grow successfully the advances in whole blood sensing technology must be accompanied by improvements in information technology to link the analytical devices to data management systems. A common connectivity standard for all instruments is being developed to replace the myriad of proprietary and incompatible solutions that currently exist.
AVL Medical Instruments, Schaffhausen, Switzerland. andrew.stjohn@avl.com
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