Esteemed Organization Will Install SafeTrace(R) Advanced Donor Management System DENVER, Aug. 22 /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(R), its advanced donor management system, with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CSMC) in Los Angeles, California. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040226/GLOBALMEDLOGO ) The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine's Division of Transfusion Medicine and Enterprise Information Services staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center selected SafeTrace primarily because of Wyndgate's strong industry reputation and the depth of functionality of the system's applications. Wm. Scott Dustin, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Wyndgate Technologies, said, "We are pleased to have been selected to provide our products and services to enhance the blood center's collection services of a well-established and prominent organization such as Cedars-Sinai Medical Center." Mr. Dustin added, "The delivery of accessible, quality healthcare is important to both CSMC and Global Med Technologies." About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the western United States. For 17 consecutive years, it has been named Los Angeles' most preferred hospital for all health needs in an independent survey of area residents. Cedars-Sinai is internationally renowned for its diagnostic and treatment capabilities and its broad spectrum of programs and services, as well as breakthroughs in biomedical research and superlative medical education. It ranks among the top 10 non-university hospitals in the nation for its research activities and was recently fully accredited by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc. (AAHRPP). Additional information about Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is available at http://www.cedars-sinai.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-Sahara Africa. Together, the SafeTrace Tx(R)* advanced transfusion management system and the SafeTrace 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, Inc. CONTACT: Michael I. Ruxin, M.D. of Global Med Technologies, Inc., +1-303-238-2000; or Investor Relations, John Nesbett, or Jordan Silverstein, both of The Investor Relations Group, +1-212-825-3210, for Global Med Technologies, Inc. Web site: http://www.peoplemed.com/ Web site: http://www.cedars-sinai.org/ Web site: http://www.wyndgate.com/ Web site: http://www.globalmedtech.com/

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