Inlog's Laboratory Information System Chosen by Prominent Hospital Group to Modernize their Operations DENVER, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. ("Global Med" or the "Company") (OTC:GLOB) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLOB) , an international e-Health, medical information technology company, today announced that its Inlog subsidiary has licensed its EgdeLab Laboratory Information Management Software (Marketed as "Labo Serveur" in France) to the Saint Maurice Hospitals located near Paris, France. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040226/GLOBALMEDLOGO) Saint Maurice Hospitals is a multi-site facility comprising Esquirol and Saint Maurice National Hospitals. The laboratories process 2,000 tests per day and include the following specialties: biochemistry, toxicology, hematology, microbiology and immunology. Twelve analyzers will be connected directly to EdgeLab via Inlog's EdgeLink gateway. The sites will be equipped with cutting edge "Tablet PC's" for the entry of bacteriology results. The total laboratory solution is completed by Inlog's SapaNet module for stock management and EdgeNet for providing testing results via a webpage. De Helene VRILLON, head of the Laboratory, stated, "We chose EdgeLab because of the quality of their response to our call for tender and Inlog's willingness to meet our specific needs. The query tool, nosocomial infection capability, the orders management, the quality and vigilances functions are also part of the key features that made our decision." Since EdgeLab's 1999 introduction into the hospital market as "Labo Serveur", it has become a leading Laboratory Information Management System in Europe with more than 150 licensed laboratories. EdgeLab connects with more than 1,000 analyzers and interchanges data with all major hospital healthcare software packages. It has an intuitive Windows graphical interface and a comprehensive range of laboratory functionality. EdgeLab can be easily configured to meet the business needs of complex multi-site hospital laboratories as well as small single site hospitals that have much less complexity. Will Willman, Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing EU/ME/Asia at Global Med Technologies, commented, "We are very pleased to provide our complete laboratory package to the Saint Maurice Hospitals. Inlog can provide one stop shopping for all the clinical and non-clinical information system needs of a laboratory with EdgeLab, SapaNet, EdgeLink and EdgeNet, and Saint Maurice has taken advantage of this. We look forward to helping Saint Maurice Hospitals continue to provide quality laboratory services to their physicians and patients." About the Saint-Maurice Hospitals The Saint Maurice Hospitals' umbrella includes the National Hospital of Saint-Maurice, Esquirol Hospital (Psychiatrics) and a Maternity Unit. The National Hospital of Saint-Maurice is an active reference center in the reeducation field including rehabilitation and follow-up care for adults and children, as well as care in the area of chronic renal deficiency. It has 417 beds at is disposition, admits approximately 4,000 patients and handles nearly 10,000 external consultations annually. About Global Med Technologies, Inc. Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. is an international medical software company which develops regulated and non-regulated software products and services for the healthcare industry. As a leading provider of blood and laboratory software applications and services, Global Med's products are deployed in 20 countries and serve over 1,600 transfusion centers, blood banks and laboratories. Global Med's domestic companies are Wyndgate Technologies(R), which provides Vein-to-Vein(R) tracking through its Donor Doc(TM), SafeTrace(R), SafeTrace Tx(R) and ElDorado Donor(TM) software products; eDonor(R), which provides a web-based donor relationship management system that integrates recruitment, scheduling, retention and fulfillment for national as well as local community blood centers and hospitals; and PeopleMed(TM), Inc., which implements cost-effective customized software validation, consulting and compliance solutions to hospitals and donor centers. Global Med's European subsidiary, Inlog, SA, is a leading developer of donor center and transfusion management systems as well as cellular therapy software, laboratory information systems and quality assurance medical software systems internationally. Inlog's products include EdgeBlood*, EdgeTrack*, EdgeCell, EdgeLab and SapaNet. For more information about Global Med's products and services, please call 800-996-3428 or visit http://www.globalmedtech.com/, http://www.peoplemed.com/, http://www.inlog.com/, http://www.edonor.com/, and http://www.wyndgate.com/. *FDA 510(k) clearance required prior to sales in the U.S. This news release may include statements that constitute forward-looking statements, usually containing the words "believe," "estimate," "project," "expects" or similar expressions. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this news release. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040226/GLOBALMEDLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Global Med Technologies CONTACT: Michael I. Ruxin, M.D. of Global Med Technologies, +1-303-238-2000, ; or Investors, Paul Holm, President of portfolio pr, +1-212-888-4570, , for Global Med Technologies Web site: http://www.globalmedtech.com/ http://www.peoplemed.com/ http://www.inlog.com/ http://www.edonor.com/ http://www.wyndgate.com/

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