57% of core lab testing is clinical chemistry volume, making clinical chemistry assay performance critical to your laboratory’s success.1 With 50+ years of experience in Clinical Chemistry, personalized solutions from Abbott empower you to address the challenges facing your laboratory.
Sigma Strong
A new opportunity to convert your health system lab from a cost center to a revenue driver



Today's healthcare systems face many challenges
57%
Clinical chemistry Core laboratory
Sigma strong benefits
Total value Of ownership
Improvements
Assay productivity
Through assay And system design
Confidence
ENHANCE PATIENT CARE AND SIMPLIFY THE CLINICAL CHEMISTRY PROCESS
86%
Six sigma assays
86% of Abbott’s clinical chemistry assays achieve Six Sigma quality giving Abbott the highest proportion of Six Sigma Assay.2
Consistent delivery of accurate test results2
"With Abbott Clinical Chemistry, laboratories can expect excellent or world-class performance."
- Sten Westgard, Westgard QC, Inc.
Total value of ownership
OPTIMIZE EXPENSES, ACHIEVE WORKFLOW FLEXIBILITY, AND REDUCE LABOR
Personalized solutions that maximize efficiencies and demonstrate true value
Our Total Value of Ownership (TVO) methodology gives you the power to broaden the scope of your laboratory's value by considering many factors that lead to hidden costs.
17%
Improved turnaround times
17% decrease in turnaround time demonstrated in a workflow analysis at Christus Health a global healthcare system.3
Automated calibration and qc
Our experience workflow flexibility and labor savings with onboard calibrators and controls on the Alinity ci-series that can run at intervals you choose.
Reduced qc frequency
Avoid unnecessary expenses due to reduced operator interventions and decreased sample volume requirement.
Assay productivity
Achieve consistent results and common user experience
Smartwash technology
Minimize sample-to-sample carryover to ≤0.1 ppm, which reduces operator intervention and ensures confidence in results that influence patient care.
The study validated that alinity c mitigated carryover by achieving the defined acceptance criteria of ≤0.1 ppm
Harmonized assays, instrumentation and automation
Achieve consistent, commutable results and user experience across instrument platforms.
Ict module
Avoid unnecessary expenses due to reduced operator interventions and decreased sample volume requirements.
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assay productivity, and total value of ownership.



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References
- Clinical Laboratory Services Market, 5th Edition. Global IVD Procedure Volumes, 2019 and 2024. Science and Medicine Group Jan 2020.
- Westgard S, Petrides V, Schneider S, Berman M, Herzogenrath J, Orzechowski A. Assessing precision, bias and sigma-metrics of 53 measurands of the Alinity ci system. Clin Biochem. 2017;50(18):1216-1221. doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2017.09.005.
- Abbott Laboratories. Total Value of Ownership: Is Your Laboratory Demonstrating Its True Value? Abbott Laboratories, 2022. Accessed May 16, 2025.