Global Med Technologies Inks Agreement for Ethiopian Blood Bank
2007年5月30日 - 11:00PM
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Ethiopian Defense Hospital to Become Model for Ethiopia DENVER, May
30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyndgate Technologies(R), a division
of Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. (OTC:GLOB) (BULLETIN BOARD:
GLOB) , today announced that the United States' President's
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Program, on behalf of the
Bella Military Referral Hospital (BMH) of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and
the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), has entered into an
agreement to use Wyndgate's SafeTrace(R) donor management software.
The agreement with Wyndgate Technologies includes an option to
purchase SafeTrace Tx(R)*. This represents Wyndgate's fourth system
in sub-Saharan Africa. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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The PEPFAR advisors in Ethiopia enlisted the support of the United
States Navy to help establish, furnish and initiate blood
collection, testing and distribution operations for BMH. The US
Navy prioritized the list of needs to establish the blood bank at
BMH and determined that, for blood safety purposes, a management
information system for the blood donor center was a top priority.
The Navy selected SafeTrace based on the strength of Wyndgate's
solid product and service reputation among its customers, their
proven capability to deliver solutions in Africa and their ability
to implement the product using an Application Service Provider
(ASP) model. An ongoing challenge for Ethiopia is the expense and
resource requirements to host a comprehensive and sophisticated
donor management system, making the ASP solution an attractive
alternative. In addition, the US Navy appreciated that Wyndgate
already has implementation, education and support staff based in
sub-Saharan Africa. SafeTrace will be installed using ASP services
through a secured Internet connection. This model will provide
blood bank staff access to donor records without the use of costly
in-house servers, minimizing the need for the purchase of computer
hardware, the management of software or hiring of additional
personnel. With this implementation of SafeTrace, BMH will become
Wyndgate's tenth client using an ASP solution for a total of more
than 50 sites worldwide. Will Willman, Senior Vice-President of
International Business Development for Wyndgate Technologies,
commented, "The US Navy understands that the effective and safe
operation of a blood center requires implementation of information
systems technology. Their world-wide research of system providers
led them to Wyndgate Technologies due to our products, services and
solid reputation in Africa, as well as the United States. An ASP
deployment is a cost effective and sustainable program for
resource-challenged countries. Wyndgate Technologies is proud to be
part of the HIV/AIDS prevention program in Africa." About the
Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program The United States
Government, through the Department of Defense and Centers for
Disease Control & Prevention, has been working with the
Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) on a program to assure safe
blood supplies to all military health service sites throughout
Ethiopia by 2008. According to their first quarter 2006 DoD
HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP) Activity Report, "A
comprehensive program has been established at the military central
blood bank located at the Bella Military Referral Hospital. The
program provides a realistic blood distribution network based upon
both peacetime and operational contingency blood needs. ... The
military blood bank program has collaborated with the Ministry of
Health, World Health Organization, and the Ethiopian Red Cross
Society on development of standard operating procedures, training,
and quality assurance." 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. Each year, Wyndgate's products and
services manage more than eight million blood components,
representing over 27% of the U.S. blood supply. Wyndgate's products
are being used in Canada and sub-Saharan Africa, and are being
implemented in the Caribbean. Together, the SafeTrace Tx(R)
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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