University of North Carolina Hospitals Signs Deal With Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. to Automate Its Hospital Blood Banks
December 06 2004 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
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
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CONTACT: Press, Wm. Scott Dustin, Vice President of Sales and
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