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Abbott Announces Approval of First Fully Automated Blood Screening Test for HTLV-I/HTLV-II
Date:1/18/2008

d diagnostic testing. According to the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB), eight million volunteers donate about 15 million units of whole blood each year. Each donated unit of blood is tested for infectious diseases including hepatitis, HIV and other retroviruses.

Important Product Usage and Safety Information

The ABBOTT PRISM HTLV-I/HTLV-II test (human T-lymphotropic virus Types I and II) can be used by laboratory technicians to screen individual donations of blood and plasma for antibodies to human T -- lymphotropic virus Type I and/ or human T -- lymphotropic virus Type II (anti-HTLV-I/HTLV-II). This assay has not been validated for use with pooled specimens. The assay is not intended for use on cord blood specimens or for the laboratory diagnosis of HTLV-I/HTLV-II infection. This product contains human sourced and/or potentially infectious components.

About ABBOTT PRISM

The PRISM instrument consolidates testing into a single system automating many of the manual testing procedures and steps currently used to screen blood. Safety features built into the system help track and monitor each sample throughout the testing process providing documentation and quality control for testing facilities. The PRISM system can run 160 samples per hour, making it possible to test more than 1,200 samples per eight-hour shift.

About Abbott Diagnostics

Abbott Diagnostics is a global leader in in vitro diagnostics and offers a broad range of innovative instrument systems and tests for hospitals, reference labs, blood banks, physician offices and clinics. With more than 69,000 institutional customers in more than 100 countries, Abbott's diagnostic products offer customers automation, convenience, cost effectiveness and flexibility. Abbott has helped transform the practice of medical diagnostics from an art to a science through the company's commitment to improving patient care and lowering overall costs. The history of Abbott Diagnost
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