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Blu-Med Signs Medical Response System Contracts

Posted on: Monday, 3 December 2007, 12:00 CST

Blu-Med Response Systems has signed two new contract awards worth over $850,000 combined for medical response systems designed to increase medical preparedness in the state of Idaho's health department district four and Suffolk County, New York.

The first contract awarded by the Idaho Central District Health Department for three rapidly deployable medical response systems includes customized Blu-Med deployable medical shelters, HVAC and electrical systems, generators and ancillary support units. In addition to the portable medical shelters and equipment, Blu-Med will provide training and technical support services for the central district health department in Idaho in early 2008. The Blu-Med shelter systems will be used to boost medical surge capacity in the event of pandemic influenza, bioterrorism, or other mass casualty incident.

The second contract, awarded by the Suffolk County fire rescue and emergency services agency, is for two rapidly deployable medical response systems. Suffolk County will have access to these Blu-Med RapidSurge systems full-scale emergency medical shelters that have been upgraded with negative pressure isolation capacity, a decontamination system, and a complete latrine package.

Gerrit Boyle, president of Blu-Med Response Systems, said: "These systems will offer great flexibility in meeting both Idaho's and Suffolk County's public health needs in a disaster or emergency."

Source: Datamonitor

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