The FDA issued 510(k) marketing clearance for Ortho Clinical Diagnostics’ Ortho Connect V2.0, a middleware system that centralizes laboratory operations and workflow across networks and hospitals.

Ortho Connect allows blood banks and their data to be managed through a central terminal, and enables Ortho Vision immunohematology analyzers to connect with a hospital’s laboratory information systems through a single connection.

The middleware allows laboratories to exchange and manage data and complete regulatory process tasks that are difficult to perform alone, and enables them to centralize lab operations across the network.