PatientSafe Solutions to Install Bedside Medication Administration System at Driscoll Children's Hospital

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- PatientSafe Solutions, Inc., formerly IntelliDOT(TM) Corporation, an industry expert in patient safety systems for hospitals, announced today an agreement to deploy its innovative bedside medication administration system, CAREt System, at Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX.

"Our commitment to the children we care for and their families is to provide them with the best and safest product for five rights medication administration," said Don Wenzler, Chief Patient Care Officer. "Implementing the CAREt System is simply the right thing to do."

"We are excited to partner with Driscoll Children's Hospital and help advance their commitment to patient safety," said Jim Sweeney, renowned healthcare entrepreneur and business leader, who joined PatientSafe Solutions as Chairman and CEO on April 3rd. After evaluating IntelliDOT's leading bedside patient safety expertise and its success in medication error prevention, Mr. Sweeney saw the company had the foundation, track record and clinical expertise to become healthcare's leader in patient safety. PatientSafe Solutions' decision to integrate IntelliDOT's industry-leading bedside patient safety products into the Patient Touch(TM) System is a testament to the company's success in the area of medication error prevention and a validation of its commitment to patient safety. PatientSafe Solutions will offer a patient-centric technology platform focused on protecting patients and improving the hospital's performance.

"We are committed to meeting and exceeding the National Patient Safety Goals and PatientSafe Solutions met our needs in a solution that allows us to offer good, efficient, safe care," explained Wenzler. "It is stated in the literature that medication errors are a common mistake so we want to be proactive in not wanting to repeat those same mistakes. It was important for us to visit another hospital that has the CAREt System installed to make sure that great results were being delivered and errors being avoided. We feel confident that the CAREt System is preventing harm to patients."

About Driscoll Children's Hospital

"Improve the health of adults and you give them back their health... Improve the health of children and you give them their life."

Driscoll Children's Hospital is a 189-bed pediatric tertiary care center with pediatric specialists representing 32 medical and 13 surgical specialties offering care throughout South Texas, including Corpus Christi, the Rio Grande Valley, Victoria and Laredo. Each year, more than 100,000 children receive care through Driscoll, including the 40,000 patients seen at South Texas' first emergency room created specifically for pediatrics.

About PatientSafe Solutions

PatientSafe Solutions, Inc. is a patient and nurse-centered company. We exist to help prevent harm and assist in eliminating common errors and never events by providing a complete patient safety solution to hospitals. Our technologies can dramatically improve efficiency, interactivity, and communication in healthcare. We look at everything from the patient's point-of-view. We are focused on enabling the nurse and caregivers to spend more time with their patients thus significantly improving the quality of patient care and patient satisfaction. We operate with a maniacal focus on delivering the very highest standards of patient safety that pays for itself.

PatientSafe Solutions is headquartered in San Diego, California and is a venture capital backed private company. More information can be found at www.patientsafesolutions.com.

About the CAREt System

The PatientSafe Solution's, formerly IntelliDOT Corporation, CAREt System is a comprehensive patient safety solution that leverages a clinician-designed wireless handheld device and integrated software applications onto a universal platform for bedside medication administration, blood transfusion, specimen collection, infant breast milk tracking, vital signs and assessment documentation. This easy-to-learn and easy-to-use system allows caregivers to perform these tasks at the patient's bedside with confidence that their care is as safe as possible. Connected real-time to the hospital's information systems, the CAREt System helps healthcare providers optimize documentation, communication and information access across any size facility.

Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with market acceptance of the CAREt(TM) System, whether the company will be successful in raising additional funds, the risk that sales of the CAREt(TM) System will not increase to target levels, and the effectiveness and marketability of healthcare information technologies, as well as other risks.

Contact:  Gina Marquez
PatientSafe Solutions, Inc.
(858) 746-3119  (office)
858-746-3101 (fax)
gmarquez@patientsafesolutions.com

SOURCE PatientSafe Solutions, Inc.

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