BD FACSPresto™ Near-Patient CD4 Counter

A portable CD4 testing solution that increases and improves access to treatment and care for HIV patients

Overview

The compact BD FACSPresto™ System is a portable CD4 testing solution that offers a simple workflow with high precision and accuracy and ease of use. The system is designed to perform the direct enumeration of CD4 absolute count, CD4 percentage of lymphocytes, and hemoglobin concentration in human whole blood.. It increases and improves access to treatment and care for HIV patients by offering CD4 results from venous and capillary whole blood in 20 minutes.

Watch this video describing how the BD FACSPresto™ System helps in meeting the 90-90-90 target set by UNAIDS for tackling HIV.

Get more information from the BD FACSPresto™ System brochure.

BD FACSPresto™ System: Mission Target 90-90-90

FEATURES

The BD FACSPresto™ System is simple and easy to use and requires minimal training

Simple, one-time setup
Intuitive, language-independent graphical touchscreen interface
On-board videos of key operations that provide a quick guide on start-up, testing workflow and result management

If you request a formal training, it can be provided remotely through a webinar or other platforms or through an on-site training by a BD Application Specialist. The hands-on training takes no more than 2 hours.

The BD FACSPresto™ System provides a simple workflow with high precision and accuracy for CD4 counting

Finger stick or venipuncture draw
Single-use disposable cartridge
Incubation outside the device for high throughput
18 minutes incubation. Up to 4 minutes for reading, depending on the CD4 count in the sample

The BD FACSPresto™ System displays CD4 results on the instrument screen and enables easy storage and export

Automatic display of results that are stored in the on-board database. The instrument can store up to 12,000 results in its internal memory.
Results can be printed or exported to a USB flash drive