Growing use Within Home Settings Boosts Revenue Potential of Global Lancets Market.(Industry overview)

PR Newswire Europe, February, 2007

LONDON, February 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Lancets - among the most commonly used alternative devices for vein puncture to obtain blood samples - are increasingly being used at home by patients and at primary care facilities such as physicians' offices and community clinics to perform glucose level tests with monitoring devices.

Personal/ homecare lancets have remained the preferred choice as more patients perform glucose level tests in their homes. Such trends are being reinforced by rising patient awareness about glucose self-monitoring practices and have been paralleled by manufacturer initiatives to design value-added, innovative products. At the same time, the need to prevent the transmission of blood-borne infectious agents is driving the uptake of safety...

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