LITTLE FALLS, N.J.,
Jan. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cantel
Medical Corp. (NYSE: CMN) today announced the election of
Peter J. Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D. to
serve as an independent member of Cantel's Board of Directors.
"Dr. Pronovost is a world renowned leader of patient safety and
quality, serving as a practicing anesthesiologist and critical care
physician, professor, researcher, lecturer and international
patient safety leader," said Charles M.
Diker, Chairman of Cantel. "His wealth of experience in the
fields of patient safety, ICU and health care, evidence-based
medicine, and the measurement and evaluation of safety efforts and
procedures will be invaluable support and guidance for Cantel in
its continuing efforts to promote and lead in infection prevention
and control products and services."
Dr. Pronovost serves as a Professor in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
(Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine), in the
Bloomberg School of Public Health (Department of Health Policy and
Management) and in the School of Nursing. Dr. Pronovost has
lectured and authored approximately 350 articles and chapters in
the fields of patient safety, ICU care, quality health care,
evidence-based medicine, and the measurement and evaluation of
safety efforts.
For his pioneering work in patient safety and infection
prevention, Dr. Pronovost was honored by being named in 2008 to
Time Magazine's Time 100, which was the 5th annual list of the
world's 100 most influential people: leaders, thinkers, heroes,
artists, scientists, and more. Alarmed at the increasing trend in
hospital-acquired infections in patients at Johns Hopkins where he was a critical care
researcher in 2001, Dr. Pronovost developed a simple tool for
doctors, a checklist that had never existed before, to remind
doctors of each necessary step in performing routine procedures. By
following this checklist, the medical errors that lead to
infections were drastically reduced. Dr. Pronovost's published
research resulted in the medical community becoming much more aware
of the causes of and the need for infection prevention and control,
and saved many lives through the wonderfully simple but necessary
checklist.
"I'm excited to be joining the Board of Cantel Medical, a
company I believe is as passionate and dedicated to infection
prevention and control as I am," stated Dr. Pronovost. "I look
forward to working with Cantel Medical to further advance the
science and awareness in the future."
About Cantel Medical Corp.
Cantel Medical Corp. is a leading provider of infection
prevention and control products in the healthcare market. Our
products include water purification equipment, sterilants,
disinfectants and cleaners, specialized medical device reprocessing
systems for endoscopy and renal dialysis, disposable infection
control products primarily for the dental industry, dialysate
concentrates and other dialysis supplies, hollow fiber membrane
filtration and separation products for medical and non-medical
applications, and specialty packaging for infectious and biological
specimens. We also provide technical maintenance for our products
and offer compliance training services for the transport of
infectious and biological specimens.
SOURCE Cantel Medical Corp.