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CHESTER, CT October 27, 2010 – In conjunction with its 15th anniversary, PCI Medical celebrates the sale of its 15,000th GUS® Vapor Control System. The announcement is made by Philip Coles, President of PCI Medical located in Chester, CT. PCI Medical develops and manufactures GUS Vapor Control Systems that protect the healthcare worker from toxic fumes during the disinfection process and protect their delicate instruments.
“By constantly improving performance and reacting to the needs of the healthcare industry, we’ve been able to provide efficient and economic solutions related to the disinfection process,” said Coles. “We’ve responded internally as well, by hiring more employees and moving our headquarters to a larger location in Chester, CT.”
Over the years, PCI Medical has continued to receive recognition for outstanding work, including receiving the Gold Winner of the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award. PCI is also ISO 9001:2008 certified.
PCI Medical has developed a wide range of instrument-specific vapor control systems. The "GUS" is a registered name that PCI created in 1995 to stand for "glutaraldehyde user station." At that time, glutaraldehyde was the most widely used high-level disinfectant for heat- sensitive devices. A few years later, OPA was introduced as another high-level disinfectant and has since replaced glutaraldehyde in many facilities. Today, the GUS Vapor Control System protects healthcare workers from fumes related to OPA, glutaraldehyde, and the newer high-level disinfectants which all require nearly the same safety engineering controls.
PCI Medical is the leader in protecting staff from toxic vapors, preventing damage to instruments and simplifying the disinfection process. To find out more, please visit www.pcimedical.com
For more information about PCI Medical, visit www.pcimedical.com, or call 800-862-3394
Deep River, CT
Feb 27, 2008
PCI medical, the leader in vapor control systems for healthcare facilities, has successfully received certification under ISO Standard 9001:2000.
With this registration, PCI medical joins a select number of companies certified to the ISO 9001:2000 standard for practicing quality management systems. The International Standards Organization, or ISO, is made up of 157 countries and their national standard institutes.
The accreditation was awarded by QMI and was certified for PCI medical's development and manufacture of vapor control systems. The certification verifies that PCI medical complies with a level of quality in its business activities including documentation, product design, process control, product quality, and customer satisfaction.
PCI medical manufactures and distributes the GUS® range of vapor control systems. There are over 6000 healthcare facilities who use the PCI systems in order to protect their staff from toxic vapors, and their instruments from damage.
Deep River, CT
Oct 19, 2007
PCI medical of Deep River, CT is a 2007 Gold winner of the prestigious Connecticut Quality Improvement Award (CQIA) for the development of its EFP250 Endoscope Flushing Pump as a fast, safe and easy solution to replace manual flushing.
Before an endoscope can be disinfected in an automated washing machine it has to be rigorously manually cleaned. A typical colonoscope has three tiny channels that have to be flushed out. The current practice is to manually syringe each of the three channels three times with detergent, rinse water followed by a final air purge. This means pushing a syringe a total of 27 times per scope. With as many as 30 procedures per day, this is time consuming and physically challenging often resulting in carpal tunnel syndrome.
Philip Coles and Bob Tamas designed and developed the EFP250, with Orla Concannon acting as project manager. The EFP250 is a compact microprocessor controlled device that uses two pumps. The EFP250 can automatically flush all three channels of the endoscope simultaneously in 90 seconds by simply the touch of a button. The EFP250 dramatically improves both productivity and cleaning efficacy while eliminating user fatigue and possible health claims.
The EFP250 was launched in January 2007. By the end of October over 1200 units had been shipped across the United States and Canada. Comments from users have included "This has been a life-saver!" and "I don't know why it wasn't invented before!"
PCI medical inc. is the leader in vapor management for high level disinfectants. They manufacture a wide variety of GUS® Ductless Vapor Management Systems that eliminate exposure to glutaraldehyde, formaldehyde, OPA and other chemicals. They also supply the TD-100®, the only automated disinfector for transesophageal ultrasound probes.
Philip Coles, President of PCI Medical accepted the award and said it was an honor for a small company to win the award considering the other winners included such household names such as Carrier Corporation, Pitney Bowers, Pratt & Whitney, Pfizer, and the City of Hartford.