University of North Carolina Hospitals Signs Deal With Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. to Automate Its Hospital Blood Banks DENVER, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyndgate Technologies(R) ("Wyndgate"), a division of Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. (OTC:GLOB) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLOB) ("Global Med" or the "Company"), announced the signing of an agreement for SafeTrace Tx(R)*, its advanced transfusion management system with the University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040226/GLOBALMEDLOGO ) Wyndgate's SafeTrace Tx advanced transfusion management system will be installed in the University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals to help manage the transfusion services of those facilities. Laura McClannan, Assistant Administrative Director for Transfusion Medicine at UNC Hospitals said, "We selected Wyndgate Technologies to install its product and provide training and implementation services because of its reputation for quality and safety in the industry." Thomas Marcinek, President and Chief Operating Officer of Global Med Technologies, Inc., said, "We are very pleased to add the University of North Carolina Hospitals to our growing list of prestigious customers who have selected our products to manage their transfusion services." Mr. Marcinek added, "Like UNC Hospitals, we are committed to high quality patient care and safety through the effective application of technology." About the University of North Carolina Health Care System The UNC Health Care System is a not-for-profit integrated health care system owned by the state of North Carolina. UNC Health Care is made up of UNC Hospitals -- including N.C. Memorial Hospital, N.C. Children's Hospital, N.C. Women's Hospital, N.C. Neurosciences Hospital and the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center -- and is associated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. This network allows the system to move the results of biomedical research from medical school laboratories to patient care settings. For more information, visit their website at http://www.unchealthcare.org/. About Global Med Technologies, Inc. Global Med Technologies, Inc. is an international e-Health, medical information technology company, providing information management software products and services to the healthcare industry. Its Wyndgate Technologies division is a leading supplier of information management systems to U.S. and international blood centers and hospital transfusion centers. Current clients of Wyndgate's products and services manage more than 3 million units of blood, or over 22% of the U.S. blood supply, each year. Wyndgate's products are also being implemented in Canada, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. Together, the SafeTrace Tx advanced transfusion management system and the SafeTrace(R) donor management system provide Vein-to-Vein(R) tracking from donor collection to patient transfusion. For more information about Global Med's products and services, please call 800-WYNDGATE or visit http://www.globalmedtech.com/, http://www.peoplemed.com/ and http://www.wyndgate.com/. 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. * Patent Pending http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040226/GLOBALMEDLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Global Med Technologies CONTACT: Press, Wm. Scott Dustin, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, +1-916-404-8415, , or Investors, Tom Marcinek, President and COO, +1-916-404-8413, , both for Global Med Technologies Web site: http://www.unchealthcare.org/ Web site: http://www.wyndgate.com/ Web site: http://www.peoplemed.com/ Web site: http://www.globalmedtech.com/

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