AVERY DENNISON ASKS: HAVE YOU MET THE JULY 18TH DEADLINE? AT THE BRITISH BLOOD TRANSFUSION SOCIETY ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING 2008

Published 18th September 2008

Llandudno, Wales 11th – 13th September 2008. Avery Dennison Corporation’s Printer System Division, a leading provider for Auto-Id Solutions from Thermo-Transfer Printing, RFID and Labelling, has put the spotlight on the recent National Patient Safety Agency’s (“NPSA”), Safer Practice Notice (No. 24) at the British Blood Transfusion Society (“BBTS”) meeting with its TERVIA wristband and blood tracking solution.

In the Safer Practice Notice (No. 24) the NPSA recommend that all NHS organisations using wristbands should apply a standard design by 18th July 2008. The notice highlights that: “Standardising the design of patient wristbands, the information on them, and the processes used to produce and check them, will improve patient safety”.

Avery Dennison’s TERVIA wristband and blood tracking system, which was installed in March 2008 at the Dorset County Hospital, ensures that these national guidelines are met and patient safety is enhanced. The wristband and TERVIA blood tracking solution has also been rolled out at the following hospitals; Blandford Hospital, West Haven Hospital, Weymouth Hospital and Portland Hospital, amongst many others.

Tracey Stevenson, Hospital Transfusion Practitioner, Dorset County Hospital commented: “Introducing the Avery Dennison wristbands and TERVIA blood tracking solution has improved our method of identifying patients within the organisation, and allowed us to meet the national directives for patient safety. The system is user friendly making it very easy to introduce”.

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About Avery Dennison Corporation

Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive labeling materials, retail tag, ticketing and branding systems and office products. Based in Pasadena, Calif., Avery Dennison is a FORTUNE 500 Company with 2007 sales of $6.3 billion. Avery Dennison employs more than 30,000 individuals in 60 countries who develop, manufacture and market a wide range of products for both consumer and industrial markets. Products offered by Avery Dennison include: Fasson brand self-adhesive materials; Avery Dennison brand products for the retail and apparel industries; Avery brand office products and graphics imaging media; specialty tapes, peel-and-stick postage stamps, and labels for a wide variety of automotive, industrial and durable goods applications.

Tervia is in place at the following locations:

• Blandford Hospital
• Bridport Hospital
• Portland Hospital
• West Haven Hospital
• Westminster Memorial Hospital
• Weymouth Hospital
• Yeatman Hospital

Visit: www.ris.averydennison.com or www.machines.averydennison.com or www.tervia.co.uk