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Project C.U.R.E. Responds to the Call for More Gloves and Medical Supplies in West Africa
Centennial, Colorado, USA - September 10, 2014 – Project C.U.R.E. is delivering urgently needed examination gloves and other critical medical supplies to West Africa to aid the Ebola outbreak. More than 330,000 exam gloves weighing over one ton will be distributed to hospitals in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. The gloves were donated by Medline Industries, Inc., the largest privately held medical supply company in the U.S.
The gloves are just one of the items that will be included in more than 200 World Health Organization-approved Ebola infection prevention kits. Other items include head covers, face shields, masks, duct tape, coveralls, boots and covers, heavy duty aprons, goggles and defogger.
Read the Press ReleaseMedline Launches Stronger Bonded Wrap for Greater Reassurance of Sterilization Process
Knutsford, UK, September 2, 2014 – Sterilization wrap has come a long way since it was first introduced more than 85 years ago to maintain sterility for surgical instruments and devices. Now Medline is introducing Gemini wrap, the next generation of sterilization wrap shown to have greater material strength than the competition to ensure the integrity of the sterilization process.
In an independent, side-by-side strength test, Medline’s new Gemini wrap, constructed with 100 percent polypropylene, was shown to have greater material strength to resist punctures and tears compared to the sterilization wrap of the next closest competitor.
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