Primary Children’s Medical Center Selects ValiMed™ Medication Validation System for Hospital Pharmacy
ValiMed Unit purchased to Verify Compounded Medication Doses, and Validate Narcotic Returns
ROCKVILLE, MD.,– September 18, 2006 - CDEX Inc. (OTCBB: CEXI) announced today that Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah has purchased a ValiMed Medication Validation System to perform end product testing of compounded intravenous medications in its pharmacy, and validation of returned narcotics from the operating room suites and nursing units. The ValiMed Medication Validation System, developed by CDEX and distributed exclusively by Baxa Corporation, provides clinicians with a quick, cost effective, and simple tool to further ensure medication safety by verifying medications are correctly compounded.
In a process that takes only seconds, ValiMed uses patent pending technology to validate compounded doses of high-risk medications prior to dispensing to the patient care area. The solution creates an added level of safety in the medication dispensing process, and is also used to validate narcotic returns as well as identify counterfeit medications.
"We are pleased to add Primary Children’s to the growing number of renowned healthcare organizations that are using ValiMed." said Jim Griffin, President and CEO of CDEX Inc. “We have experienced significant interest from pediatric hospitals as well as large university teaching hospitals. These institution are on the leading technological edge and recognize the value of ValiMed to improve patient safety by decreasing medication errors involving compounded high-risk medications.”
ValiMed validates medications to ensure that the correct drugs, in the correct amounts, in the correct diluent have been added to the dose during the compounding process. The ValiMed Medication Validation System is distributed under an exclusive agreement with Baxa Corporation (www.baxa.com <http://www.baxa.com> ) of Englewood, Colorado.
About Primary Children’s Medical Center
Primary Children's Medical Center is the pediatric center serving five states in the Intermountain West - Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada and Montana. The 232-bed facility is equipped and staffed to treat children with complex illness and injury. PCMC is owned by Intermountain Healthcare, a non-profit health care system. In addition, it is affiliated with the Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, integrating pediatric programs, research and training for childhood problems. The hospital is located in a beautiful facility designed to meet the special needs of children and their families. For more information, visit www.intermountainhealthcare.org/xp/public/primary
About Baxa Corporation
Baxa, a customer-focused medical device company, provides innovative, solution-based technologies for fluid handling and delivery. Its systems and devices promote the safe and efficient preparation, handling, packaging, and administration of fluid medications. Privately held, Baxa Corporation has subsidiaries and sales offices in Canada and the United Kingdom; direct representation in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg and The Netherlands; and distribution partners worldwide. Further information is available at www.baxa.com.
About CDEX, Inc.
CDEX Inc. is a technology development company with a current focus on developing and marketing products using chemical detection and validation technologies. At present, CDEX is devoting its resources to two distinct areas: (i) and quality assurance (e.g., validation of prescription medication and detection of counterfeit or sub-par products for brand protection). ValiMed is one line of CDEX products for the healthcare market; and (ii) identification of substances of concern (e.g., illegal drugs for law enforcement in the homeland security market) CDEX is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland with its research and development laboratory in Tucson, Arizona. For more information, visit www.cdex-inc.com.
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