ABBOTT PARK, Ill., July 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinical laboratories around the world are helping to improve patient care while navigating an evolving health care environment. To help laboratories with increasing demands, Abbott (NYSE: ABT) is developing diagnostic solutions for today and tomorrow, which it will showcase during the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo, July 27 through July 31, 2014, in Chicago.
"Abbott is designing the next generation of diagnostics solutions to help health care providers achieve faster and more accurate test results," said Brian Blaser, executive vice president, Diagnostics Products, Abbott. "Abbott is focused on providing an integrated diagnostic solution, powered by innovations that can help our customers channel change into growth and ensure exceptional performance."
During the AACC meeting, Abbott will feature a variety of innovations focused on increased testing volumes and improving efficiencies:
Scientific Presentations and Posters
During the AACC program, Abbott will present more than 40 scientific presentations and/or posters related to the company's solutions. A complete list of Abbott's presentations, posters and workshops can be found at www.abbottdiagnostics.com.
About Abbott Diagnostics
Abbott is a global leader in in vitro diagnostics offering a broad portfolio spanning immunoassay, clinical chemistry, hematology, blood screening, molecular, bio-identification, point of care, and informatics. Our diagnostics solutions are more than just a test or data point – working together across our business units and more than 22,000 customers in more than 100 countries – they are designed to anticipate, leverage and improve decision-making and patient care across the entire health care system. As one of the only diagnostics business serving such a broad portfolio, Abbott is focused on an integrated diagnostics solution—powered by innovations that can help our customers channel change into growth and ensure exceptional performance.
About Abbott
Abbott is a global health care company devoted to improving life through the development of products and technologies that span the breadth of health care. With a portfolio of leading, science-based offerings in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic pharmaceuticals, Abbott serves people in more than 150 countries and employs approximately 69,000 people.
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