Connecting the Abbott Afinion 2 to your LIS or EHR

If your clinic runs an Abbott Afinion 2, you already know how quickly it produces a result at the point of care. The awkward part is what happens next. Someone reads the figure off the screen, writes it on a form or types it into the patient record, and the same number gets handled two or three times before it lands where it belongs. Every one of those steps is a chance for a transposed digit, a result filed against the wrong patient, or a test that never makes it into the record at all.

This page explains, in plain terms, whether you can connect an Abbott Afinion 2 to your laboratory information system (LIS) or electronic health record (EHR), and what that actually involves. The short version: yes, and Catenix handles the connection so that results flow through on their own while quality control stays where it should.

Quick answer

The Abbott Afinion 2 speaks POCT1-A2, a recognised point-of-care connectivity standard, over your network. Catenix connects to it through a small on-site gateway, captures each result automatically, keeps quality-control data separate from patient results, and forwards patient results to your LIS or EHR. That removes manual transcription and keeps a clear audit trail of what came from the analyser.

What the Abbott Afinion 2 measures

The Abbott Afinion 2 is a benchtop analyser used at the point of care. Across its test menu it covers HbA1c, C-reactive protein (CRP), urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR), and a lipid panel. In a typical clinic it sits on the bench in a treatment or testing room and returns a result at the point of care.

Catenix does not change how the analyser is operated or how it performs a test. Our role begins once a result exists on the instrument. We are concerned only with getting that result, and the record of the run that produced it, into your systems reliably and with a clear trail. Nothing on this page is clinical guidance, and we make no claims about the device's measurement performance or its suitability for any diagnostic purpose.

How it connects

The Afinion 2 supports POCT1-A2, the point-of-care connectivity standard published by CLSI. It is the common language a modern point-of-care analyser uses to describe a result and hand it to a connectivity system over a network, rather than leaving staff to read the screen and copy the number by hand. Because it is a recognised standard rather than a one-off arrangement, a result carries structured context with it, such as which instrument produced it and when.

Catenix connects to the analyser through a small piece of software we call the on-site gateway. It runs on a computer already on your clinic network, sits alongside the analyser, and listens for results as they are produced. The gateway is the only component that needs to reach the instrument, so the analyser talks to something local and steady while Catenix takes care of the connection to the outside world. We work at the level of the interface as a whole, the standard plus the network transport, and keep the specifics of any vendor's private interface out of public view.

Results and quality control in Catenix

When the Afinion 2 completes a run, the gateway captures the result and passes it into your Catenix workspace. From there it can be reviewed, matched to the right patient, and forwarded to your LIS or EHR in the shape that system expects. The point is that the number the analyser produced is the number that reaches the record, without anyone retyping it.

Quality control is treated as its own kind of data. When a run is a QC run rather than a patient test, Catenix keeps it separate from patient results so that control material never appears in a patient's record and never gets pushed downstream as though it were a real result. Your QC history stays visible and reviewable in its own right, which makes it far easier to show that the analyser was in control when a given patient result was produced. Throughout, Catenix retains an audit trail of what arrived from the instrument, so you can trace a result back to the run that created it.

Getting connected

To connect an Afinion 2, a site typically needs the analyser on a network that the gateway computer can also reach, a Windows machine on that network to run the gateway, and the details of the LIS or EHR endpoint you want results delivered to. Most clinics already have the first two in place. Catenix handles the configuration and confirms that results and QC are arriving and being handled correctly before you rely on the link.

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Questions clinics ask

Can I connect an Abbott Afinion 2 to my LIS?

Yes. The Afinion 2 supports POCT1-A2 over a network connection, and Catenix connects through an on-site gateway to capture results and forward them to your LIS or EHR in the format that system expects. This removes the need to type results in by hand.

What do I need on site to make the connection work?

In most cases, the analyser on a network the gateway can reach, a Windows computer on that same network to run the gateway, and the endpoint details for the LIS or EHR you want results sent to. Catenix configures the link and confirms results are arriving correctly before you depend on it.

Will my quality-control runs end up in patient records?

No. Catenix keeps QC runs separate from patient results, so control material does not appear in a patient's record and is not forwarded downstream as a patient result. Your QC history stays available for review in its own right.

Does connecting change how staff run tests on the analyser?

No. Staff operate the Afinion 2 exactly as they do now. Catenix works with the result once it exists, capturing it and moving it onward, so day-to-day use at the bench is unchanged.

What is POCT1-A2?

POCT1-A2 is a point-of-care connectivity standard published by CLSI. It gives a point-of-care analyser a common, structured way to describe a result and pass it to a connectivity system over a network, instead of relying on staff to read and retype figures.

Which tests can flow through the connection?

The results the Afinion 2 produces, which across its menu include HbA1c, CRP, urine ACR and a lipid panel, can be captured and forwarded. Catenix handles the connectivity and data handling only and makes no claims about the device's clinical performance.

Product and company names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective owners. Reference to them is for identification only and does not imply any affiliation with, endorsement by, or certification from those owners. This page describes connectivity and data handling only and is not clinical advice.

Reviewed July 2026. Back to integrations. Going deeper on the standard: our POCT1-A2 explainer.

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