ChloraPrep® One-Step Aseptic Skin Preparation Included in Standard Kits

Waukegan, IL -- March 31, 2003 -- ChloraPrep®, a product manufactured by Medi-Flex, is now included in all new standard kits assembled by Medikmark Incorporated™, located in Waukegan, Illinois. The addition of this highly beneficial medical product was brought about by the increasing need to reduce the number of patient infections, especially catheter related bloodstream infections ("CRBSI") which are mainly caused by microorganisms on intact skin. This is extremely important to home healthcare professionals where the facilitation of low infections rates is crucial in keeping home healthcare costs to a minimum.

ChloraPrep® is a "fast-acting, broad spectrum, persistent antiseptic that significantly reduces the number of microorganisms on intact skin". In clinical trials, ChloraPrep's one-step aseptic skin preparation application was found to surpass the criteria for efficacy, greatly reducing the known hazard of infection from the patient's skin and allowing healthcare professionals to support "best practice" protocols. 1 According to Jim Ronk, President of Medikmark, "The addition of ChloraPrep® is just one more way that Medikmark continues to embrace the changing needs of the healthcare marketplace."

Medikmark Incorporated, a leading manufacturer of health care kits and extension sets, is an FDA-registered manufacturing facility and licensed drug wholesaler with a certified Class 100,000 cleanroom assembly area that has been providing medical kits and procedural trays to the healthcare industry for over 15 years. It is the privately held corporation of David H. Sanders, who has been a very successful entrepreneur in the health care field for the last three decades. Among his successes are BCI International® and Surgitek®. He is also currently the Chairman and owner of IntraVascular Incorporated™ which is the manufacturer of the FloStar™, a new state-of-the-art needleless connector.