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Neoteric 'Smart' Refrigerator Improves Patient Safety in Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Operating Rooms and Blood Bank

Vancouver, BC and Toronto, ON (PRWEB) April 28, 2008 -- Neoteric Technology Ltd (http://www.neoterictech.com) and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre today announce that the hospital is the first institution in North America to implement Neoteric's BloodTrack® OnDemand (http://www.neoterictech.com/BloodTrackOnDemand.html) blood dispensing system. The system could be described as a high-tech vending machine that immediately provides users with the blood product they need, eliminating the need to wait for blood services to fill the order. The deployment is part of a pilot project funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health across three hospitals - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto General Hospital and Toronto Western Hospital.

"Our blood management system has been proven to reduce blood consumption while increasing patient safety in hospitals through out the United Kingdom. We now look forward to providing the same benefits to Canadian patients," comments Geof Auchinleck, President, Neoteric Technology. "Sunnybrook was the first to implement Neoteric's award winning LacTrack® SafeLx (http://www.neoterictech.com/LacTrackSafeLx.html) mothers' milk management system and we are pleased that they will achieve another first with the implementation of BloodTrack OnDemand."

BloodTrack OnDemand is a new way of providing blood to patients without involving the blood bank. The process allows unallocated (non-crossmatched) blood to be stored in automated "smart" refrigerators in patient care areas such as the Operating Room. When a blood unit is required, it can be electronically assigned by the refrigerator and labelled for a specific patient, this ultimately saves a great deal of time and potentially patient lives.

"At Sunnybrook, we're always keen to be among the first to adopt new initiatives that will improve care for our patients," comments Dr. Jeannie Callum, Director of Transfusion Medicine and Tissue Bank, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (http://www.sunnybrook.ca). "We have high expectations of BloodTrack OnDemand. Some of the results we anticipate by using the system are a reduction in blood utilization, less time waiting to obtain a unit of blood in the OR and an increase in productivity for issuing blood in the blood bank. Early indications are that we'll see some great improvements."

A report of results will be published this summer.

About Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre:

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is transforming healthcare through the dedication of its more than 8,500 staff members who provide compassionate and innovative patient focused care. An internationally recognized leader in women's health, academic research and education and an affiliation with the University of Toronto distinguishes Sunnybrook as one of Canada's premier health sciences centres. Sunnybrook's commitment to women's health and the care of veterans continues to be a priority and we have defined strategic programs in cancer, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, aging and population health, trauma and critical care. These programs are leaders in their field and are helping us achieve our vision of transforming healthcare.

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre provides acute inpatient care, inpatient chronic care, palliative care and nursing care as well as outpatient services. Sunnybrook operates approximately 1,275 inpatient beds, 533 veteran beds and 74 bassinets. We have 125 critical care beds of which 41 are neonatal intensive care bassinets. We have approximately 42,000 emergency visits each year.

About Neoteric's BloodTrack OnDemand:

BloodTrack OnDemand enables secure access to blood outside of the blood bank in less than 60 seconds! This reduces blood wastage, increases patient safety and saves time for the blood bank staff. BloodTrack OnDemand software runs on special kiosks at remote refrigerators. It tracks blood and manages remote inventory but also communicates with your existing Blood Establishment Computer System (BECS/LIS) to print compatibility labels (transfusion tags) for unallocated blood stored in the fridge.

About Neoteric Technology Ltd.:

Founded in 1997, Neoteric Technology Ltd. is a Vancouver, B.C. based company that provides health care products to over 150 hospitals in Europe and North America. For more information, go to www.neoterictech.com.

For further information, please contact:

Asa Zanatta

SPIRIT Communications

Tel: 604 408 1389/604 724 7755

(C) Copyright Neoteric Technology Ltd. 2008. All rights reserved. BloodTrack is a registered trademark of Neoteric Technology Ltd. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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