CANTEL MEDICAL CORP. (NYSE:CMN) and the National Safety Council (“NSC”)
announced a joint marketing and distribution agreement to help
businesses and other organizations prepare for the threat of a flu
pandemic and similar infectious diseases. The World Health Organization
continues to track the incidence of avian bird flu throughout the world
and warns of the potential of mutation of the H5N1 virus that could
result in a widespread human-to-human pandemic.
Under this agreement, Cantel Medical, an established leader in Infection
Prevention and Control products to the medical and dental markets,
through its Saf-T-Pak and Crosstex business units, will manufacture
National Safety Council/Saf-T-Pak co-branded Flu Defense Kits and other
product configurations that will include Crosstex face masks, hand
sanitizers, gloves and surface disinfecting products. Cantel and
National Safety Council will co-market these products, along with
providing planning and educational services, to more than 50,000 NSC
members that represent a broad spectrum of industries and more than 8.5
million employees.
The National Safety Council supports a mission to educate and influence
people in preventing accidental injury and death. They work closely with
a range of federal safety and health agencies to provide education and
safety products for employers, employees and their families.
According to Donna Siegfried, Executive Director, Emergency Care
Programs, National Safety Council, “The
National Safety Council sought to complement its ‘Prescription
for the Flu’ educational program with
infection prevention and control products that are proven to be
effective. We selected Cantel Medical because of its product quality and
ability to provide a full range of planning services, customized kitting
and global distribution capabilities. Together, we can help employers
keep their workers and their workers’ families
as safe and productive as possible.”
According to R. Scott Jones, Cantel Medical's President & CEO, “Cantel
is pleased to partner with the National Safety Council. Co-marketing
with NSC enables us to further execute on our strategy of bringing our
infection prevention and control products to broader alternate markets.
More importantly, by partnering with the National Safety Council, we can
help businesses and other organizations to keep their employees aware,
educated, safe and productive in the face of growing biological threats
in the general population.”
About Cantel Medical Corp.
Cantel Medical Corp. (NYSE:CMN) is a leading provider of infection
prevention and control products in the healthcare market. Cantel's
products include specialized medical device reprocessing systems for
renal dialysis and endoscopy, dialysate concentrates and other dialysis
supplies, disposable infection control products for the dental industry
and broader alternate markets, water purification equipment, sterilants,
disinfectants and cleaners, hollow fiber membrane filtration and
separation products for medical and non-medical applications, and
specialty packaging for infectious and biological specimens. Cantel also
provides technical maintenance for its products and offers compliance
training services for the transport of infectious and biological
specimens. For further information, visit the Cantel website at http://www.cantelmedical.com.
About National Safety Council
The National Safety Council (www.nsc.org)
is a nonprofit, nongovernmental, international public service
organization dedicated to educating and influencing people to prevent
accidental injuries and deaths. Members of the NSC include more than
50,000 businesses, labor organizations, schools, public agencies,
private groups and individuals. Founded in 1913 and chartered by the
U.S. Congress in 1953, the primary focus of the NSC is promoting safety
and health in the workplace, in transportation, and in homes and
communities.
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