Business Wire - July 11, 2002
ISIPS also unveiled an awards program that will coincide with the recently announced International Sharps Injury Prevention Awareness Month being sponsored by ISIPS and Managing Infection Control magazine. "We are taking this opportunity to thank those individuals that have made a difference in getting the message of sharps injury prevention out to healthcare workers and employers around the globe," said Ron Stoker, Executive Director of ISIPS. "We owe a debt of gratitude to those that have provided a healthier climate for healthcare workers and others. The Sharps Injury Prevention Award will be given to individuals who, over a period of time, have demonstrated creative, consistent contributions to the field of sharps injury prevention, who are ground breakers and leaders in their fields, and who are regarded as model collaborators with their colleagues in the healthcare community." The awards will be given in the months leading up to the International Sharps Injury Prevention Awareness Month being commemorated in December 2002. Nominations for the awards can be made by going to www.isips.org/awards.php.
About the new corporate members:
Tyco Healthcare/Kendall believes that safety is the number one issue facing healthcare providers today. Protecting clinicians and patients has always been a priority, now it is a matter of compliance with the law. Kendall's commitment to sharps injury protection is so strong that they have created the SharpSafety(TM) division to focus exclusively on clinician's safer device needs. "We at Tyco Healthcare/Kendall are excited about being a part of the International Sharps Injury Prevention Society," said Scott Holmes, VP of Safety at Kendall. "Safety is our business. Meeting our customer's safety needs is the only focus of our SharpSafety(TM) Division. Tyco Healthcare/Kendall will now join a community of manufacturers that share the same goal - that of protecting healthcare workers globally, through safer sharps devices and education. This common goal will help improve frontline healthcare worker's quality of life and lessen the dangers they face on a daily basis." For more information on the sharps safety products of Tyco Healthcare/Kendall call 800.962.9888 or visit their website at http://www.kendallhq.com/Default.asp.
OMI's mission is simple. It is to save people from occupational related injury and death by developing innovative and cost-effective safety technologies in the areas of critical care, vascular access and surgery. OMI has developed some innovative products such as their automatically retracting syringe, needle-free access valve and safe scalpel that help stop potentially lethal needle stick and deep cut injuries. OMI's solutions for healthcare companies are aimed at helping their partners get sharps injury prevention products swiftly and cost effectively into the marketplace. OMI offers private labeling and licensing of their technology, as well as offering their extensive R&D services. For more information visit their website at www.omiltd.com or email: marioi@omiltd.com.
Horizon Medical Products, Inc. is a specialty medical device company focused on manufacturing and marketing vascular access products. The Company's oncology product lines include implantable ports, some of which feature VTX(R) technology; tunneled central venous catheters; and stem-cell transplant catheters used primarily in cancer treatment protocols. HMP recently introduced the LifeGuard(TM) Safety Needle that is used to safely access implanted ports. HMP features the Axia RSN(TM) guide wire introducer safety needle for venous and arterial percutaneous access procedure kits. For more information call 800.472.5221 or visit their website at www.hmpvascular.com/index.html.
MediSafe-guard Products, Inc. has a mission to create a safer environment wherever there is a threat or risk to individuals of the transmission of disease from blood borne pathogens associated with medical devices in and outside the healthcare arena. MediSafe-guard Products, Inc. owns exclusive licensing rights to Safe-T-Shot(TM), a patented family of passive safety syringes and an active Shielding Needle Holder (Venipuncture Blood Collection Tube Holder); the accessory used by phlebotomist and laboratory technicians to insert a double-sided needle when drawing blood for diagnostic purposes. For more information call 732.981.9099.
ECM Corporation manufactures the Ray Marshall Shield. The Ray Marshall Shield is a sterile dressing and self-anchored catheter securement device that replaces traditional suturing or conventional taped dressings. It provides a significant increase in patient comfort and ease with a reduction in trauma and infection. The shield has been used extensively at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) Seattle, Washington as well as many other Institutions for bone marrow transplants with excellent results. For more information call 800.348.4297 or visit their website at http://www.whidbey.com/ecm/index.htm.
Medi-Dose, Inc. -- EPS, Inc. are sister companies that make a variety of sharps injury prevention products plus a whole lot more. Their sharps injury prevention products include Dispensing double-ended medication transfer spikes, sharps disposal units, IV Pro IV Site Protector, Needle Safe II, and the SafeBreaK(TM) ampoule breaker. For more information call 800.523.8966 or visit their website at http://www.medidose.com/catalog/ivpharm/index.html.
The International Association of EMTs and Paramedics is the fastest growing union in the United States. The IAEP has members in 17 states and is currently organizing in 11 other states. IAEP represents over 7,000 emergency workers nationally. According to Mat Levy, National Director of IAEP, "Sharps injuries are harmful to employees in the medical field as well as costly to everyone involved. It is our stance that the numbers of sharp injuries can be reduced through education and being given the proper equipment." For more information call 617.376.0220 or visit their website at http://www.iaep.org.
Other ISIPS corporate members include:
-- Porex Medical, 909.390.9080, www.porex.com
-- Amsino, 800.632.6746, www.amsino.com
-- Medamicus, (NASDAQ:MEDM), 800.559.2613, www.medamicus.com
-- Bio-Plexus, (OTCBB:BPXS), 860.870.6112, www.bio-plexus.com
-- SuturTek Incorporated, 978.251.8088, www.suturtek.com
-- Biomedical Disposal, Inc., 888.393.9595, www.biodisposal.com
-- Becton Dickinson, (NYSE:BDX), 201.847.6800, www.bd.com/safety
-- Inviro Medical Devices, Inc., 604.681.9399, www.inviromedical.com
-- B. Braun Medical, Inc., 800.523.9676, www.bbraunusa.com
-- Greiner Bio-One, +43.7583.6791.0, www.greiner-bio-one.com
-- The Immunization Branch of the California Department of Health Services, 510.540.2067, www.cdlhn.com
-- DeRoyal, 800.251.9864, www.deroyal.com
-- New Medical Technology, 800.522.1512, www.newmedicaltechnology.com
-- Portex, Inc., 603.352.3812, www.portexusa.com
-- Retractable Technologies Inc, 888.703.1010, www.vanishpoint.com.
-- Terumo Medical Corporation, 800.283.7866, www.terumomedical.com/safety
-- PenJet(R) Corporation, 310.201.0800, www.penjet.com.
-- Association of Needle-Free Injection Manufacturers (ANFIM), 315.463.4999
-- APIS Medical, +31.705179451, www.apis-medical.com/html/default2.htm
-- SurgiLance Inc., 888.808.6494, www.surgilance.com
-- Safeguard Medical Devices, Inc., 877.797.4277, www.safeguardmd.com
-- SafeGard Medical Products, Inc., 407.876.5298, www.safegardmedical.com
-- NOWMedical, 610.455.0258, www.now-med.com
-- AM Labs, Inc., 877.800.5005, www.amlabsinc.com
-- Univec, Inc., 631.777.2000, www.univec.com
-- Gimbel Glove Company, LLC, 888.667.8425, www.gimbelglove.com
-- Myco Medical, 800.454.6926, www.mycomedical.com,
To find out how to join ISIPS or for more information, call 801.280.8797 or email info@isips.org.
CONTACT: ISIPS, South Jordan Ron Stoker, 801/280-8797
SOURCE: ISIPS
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