According to Aryeh Shander, M.D., President-Elect of the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management (SABM) and the Executive Medical Director for The Institute for Patient Blood Management & Bloodless Medicine and Surgery at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, New Jersey, "Noninvasive hemoglobin testing at the point-of-care offers a giant leap forward in our ability to tackle the global burden of anemia. Although it is a common blood disorder, it is grossly under-tested and under-diagnosed. And, if left untreated, anemia has a variety of serious health consequences and complications. The beauty of immediate, noninvasive hemoglobin testing is that it will allow more patients to be assessed, so their physician can determine additional test options and initiate potentially lifesaving treatment."

Hemoglobin is one of the most commonly ordered tests in both hospital and non-hospital settings because it is critical to assessing anemia and blood loss. However, traditional lab testing requires a painful needle stick for the patient, time-consuming blood draws for the clinician, and typically provides delayed results. The palm-sized Pronto-7 ”with dimensions of just 5.1" x 2.8" x 1" and weight of 10.5 ounces ” represents a breakthrough solution for measuring hemoglobin in less than one minute. It puts the power of noninvasive hemoglobin spot-check testing into any clinician's hands in almost any environment ”without the needles, time-consuming laboratory analysis, risk of blood contamination, hazardous medical waste, and patient discomfort associated with traditional blood tests.

Pronto-7 features embedded 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth communication capabilities that make wireless printing and emailing of test results quick and easy and future capabilities enabling wireless transmission to electronic health record (EHR) systems are planned. It is also the first Masimo device to feature Rainbow 4D?„”designed for fast and accurate spot-check SpHb measurements, along with SpO2 and pulse rate, even in low perfusion conditions.

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