Abbott Diagnostics offers instrument systems and tests for hospitals, reference labs, blood banks, physician offices, and clinics. It offers instruments for animal health, automation, diabetes care, glucose monitoring, hematology, immunochemistry, molecular, point of care, rapid tests, and transfusion. The company also provides reagents/tests for cancer, cardiac, drugs of abuse/toxicology, fertility/pregnancy, general chemistry, hepatitis, infectious disease, metabolic, retrovirus, special chemistry, specific proteins, therapeutic drug monitoring, thyroid, and transplant. Its products are used to diagnose a range of health issues, such as infectious diseases, cancer, diabetes, and genetic conditions, as well as monitor other indicators of health. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in Santa Clara, California. Abbott Diagnostics is a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories.