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Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices

Datamax, a subsidiary of Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV), specializes in the design, manufacture, and marketing of products for bar code and RFID labeling, including thermal demand printers, label, ticket and tag materials, and thermal transfer ribbons. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Datamax has representative offices throughout the United States and in Singapore, China, and the United Kingdom, as well as label converting and preprinting facilities in Robinson, Illinois. Datamax markets its products exclusively through a network of resellers in more than 65 countries worldwide

Bar coding is getting a lot of attention in the healthcare industry these days. Around the world, healthcare providers, the pharmaceutical and device manufacturers that supply them, and the governments that regulate them are searching for ways to reduce medical errors and costs associated with providing quality healthcare products and services. Bar coding can assist healthcare providers by ensuring accuracy in medication delivery, pharmaceutical identification, patient procedure, specimen and sample tracking, and current inventory levels. Many governments, including the United States government, are beginning to regulate bar coded labels on pharmaceutical products. This is the first step toward comprehensive automated data collection capabilities within healthcare provider facilities.

Hospitals and Provider Facilities

As a leading provider of bar coding printers, Datamax has the experience, technology, and products to make your bar coding project succeed. Datamax has partnered with numerous leading healthcare information systems providers to ensure that Datamax printers integrate seamlessly into existing hospital systems. Datamax Class™ bar code label printers are currently used around the world in healthcare provider facilities in various applications:

• Printing RSS (Reduced Space Symbology) codes on small pharmaceutical packages within the pharmacy to ensure the right patient receives the right medication in the right dose in the right method at the right time, also known as the five patient rights.
• Bar coding patient wristbands and patient files so that all procedures can be accredited to the correct patient's account ensuring accurate and complete billing recovery. Bar coding patient files is also a method to address patient privacy concerns.
• Identifying supplies such as wheelchairs, gurneys, bedpans, to be able to immediately identify the item's location when needed.

Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturers

Datamax understands that too many patients endure unnecessary adverse effects due to medication errors. Using Datamax Class™ printers, healthcare providers are working toward achieving the five patient rights in medications: right patient, right medication, right dose, right delivery, right time. Requiring bar coding on pharmaceutical packaging is seen as the first step toward reducing medical errors attributed to incorrect medications. The United States government, through the Food and Drug Administration, has begun regulating the addition of bar coded labels on human drug products at all packaging levels. Many other governments will begin to regulate pharmaceutical bar coding as well, making it a requirement for pharmaceutical manufacturers.

For pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, bar coding can improve many processes throughout a product's life cycle, including meeting the government,s requirements for bar coding pharmaceutical packaging. Lab specimens can be tracked accurately during the drug creation process. Also, bar coding work-in-process goods complies with the FDA's Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) while helping to lower costs through accurate inventory and distribution efficiencies. Datamax Class™ printers, in conjunction with DMXConnect connectivity and application solutions, enables pharmaceutical and device manufacturers to achieve compliance by printing unit-of-use labels and generating shipping labels at production speeds.

Governments

While bar coding is an industry accepted technology that has existed for over 25 years, incorporating its use into new applications requires foresight and the assistance of an experienced partner. As a leading provider of bar coding printers to many industries, including healthcare, throughout the world, Datamax is in a leadership position to provide insight to governments seeking to develop requirements for bar coding pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Datamax understands that federal governments are tasked with improving the lives of their citizens and one aspect of that role is ensuring the safety of healthcare procedures performed within a healthcare system. Datamax has actively participated in the United States Food and Drug Administration's development of the Proposal to Require Bar Coding of Human Drug Products. Datamax responded to the FDA Proposal based upon years of experience with bar coding

Wristband and Blood Bag Solutions

Datamax SafeD-Band™ Wristbands:A Durable, Secure, and Reliable Direct Thermal Identification Solution

Datamax’s SafeD-Band direct thermal wristbands are the perfect solution for your patient identification and patron management applications. With its durable latex-free polypropylene face stock and polyethylene liner, Datamax SafeD-Bands provide unmatched image quality and durability. Trust your patient safety and patron management initiatives to a leader in thermal printing technology.

Datamax SafeD-Bands are designed to provide strength, durability, comfort, and unmatched image quality. Using the latest in ultra-light synthetic materials and state of the art coatings, Datamax SafeD-Bands provide an easy, one-step, print and apply identification solution. Whether you are focused on patient safety in the health care industry or patron management in the theme park, water park, or entertainment industries, you can be rest assured that your SafeD-Bands will provide the quality image and bar code scannability you expect. Utilizing direct thermal print technology, Datamax SafeD-Bands can print a host of barcode symbologies including two dimensional Aztec codes. Datamax SafeD-Bands are a perfect compliment to protect the five-rights of patient safety in a health care environment, while providing an opportunity for cashless transactions in the patron management field. Available in adult, pediatric, and neo-natal sizes, there is always a Datamax SafeD-Band wristband solution to meet the most difficult application.

Specifications:

Datamax SafeD-Bands are made from secure, latex-free, direct thermal polypropylene featuring an easy to remove permanent adhesive tab. SafeD-Bands include three die-cut security slits that provide visual tamper evidence. The image area is protected by a durable coating that provides resistance to soaps, lotions, and common hospital solvents.

Available Sizes:

Adult 1” x 11”
SDB-100110P38
SDB-100110P15

Pediatric 1” x 7”
SDB-100700P38
SDB-100700P15

Neo-natal .75” x 6”
SDB-075600P38
SDB-075600P15

Frequently Asked Questions – SafeD-BandTM Wristbands

Q. What are the benefits of using direct thermal wristbands?
A. While there are many advantages to using direct thermal wristbands, the main benefits include the quality of the thermal image, the scannability of the barcode image, and the durability and comfort of the band itself.

Q. What sorts of chemicals are the wristbands resistant too?
A. SafeD-Bands have been tested and are resistant to many common hospital lotions, foam soaps, water, and alcohols.

Q. Can SafeD-Bands be submerged in water for extended periods of time?
A. Yes, SafeD-Bands have been thoroughly tested for 24 hour water submersion with no signs of image or adhesion degradation.

Q. Are SafeD-Bands resistant to chlorine treated pools and spas?
A. Yes, SafeD-Bands will perform well over several days in pools and spas. Image quality can be affected by the higher temperatures associated with hot tubs and spas.

Q. How long can a direct thermal wristband last?
A. It is not uncommon under general conditions and exposure for a direct thermal wristband to last several weeks.

Q. Do SafeD-Band wristbands contain latex?
A. SafeD-Bands are latex-free.

Q. Are SafeD-Bands available in child and infant sizes?
A. Yes, in addition to our 1” x 11” adult wristbands, SafeD-Bands are available in 1” x 7” pediatric and 0.75” x 6” neo-natal sizes.

Q. Will SafeD-Bands work in all Datamax printers?
A. In most cases the answer is yes. SafeD-Bands are available on 1” and 3” id cores allowing them to work in the EX2, M-Class, I-Class, and H-Class printers.

Q. Will Datamax SafeD-Bands work in competitive brand printers?
A. Yes, SafeD-Bands are compatible with competitive printers that utilize a 1” or 3” id core and utilize gap sensing.

Q. Are SafeD-Band wristbands comfortable?
A. A great deal of care and testing went into the material selection and design elements of the SafeD-Band wristband product. While its overall design is slightly different from competitive product offerings, its lightweight materials and design elements make it one of the most comfortable products available today.

Datamax Primary Blood Bag Solutions:Durable, Pliable and Resilient Solution from Datamax

Complying with ISBT-28 labeling standards and FDA requirements can be a challenge. At Datamax, we have carefully developed and tested the latest innovations in label materials combined with modern technology to manufacture a blood bag label with performance that is second to none in the healthcare industry.

Datamax Primary Blood Bag label material is manufactured with a new and improved polyolefin face sheet. With its FDA approved adhesive and synthetic face sheet, Datamax blood bag solutions optimize the balance between print quality, adhesion, and label pliability; allowing the label to conform to the shape of the bag. You can label your blood bags with confidence, knowing that your label solution will remain throughout the entire lifespan of the bag. Datamax Primary Blood Bag Solutions feature FDA compliant adhesives with 21 CFR 175.105 and are designed to comply with ISBT-128 blood bag labeling standards. Primary blood bag solutions from Datamax are offered in single quadrant, two quadrant, and full face quadrant configurations.

Specifications:

Datamax Primary Blood Bag Solutions feature a 3.3mil high-sensitivity thermal transfer polyolefin face stock, FDA compliant permanent adhesive with a 50# super-calendared kraft liner. The face sheet provides the pliability necessary to aid in adhesion to a variety of blood bag substrates.

Available Sizes:

3.3 Mil Matte Polyolefin
2.00” x 2.00” DBB-200200N38
4.00” x 2.00” DBB-400200N38
2.00” x 3.25” DBB-200325P38
4.00” x 4.00” DBB-400400P38

PGR+ Wax Resin Ribbon
2.00” x 1182’ 295902
4.00” x 1182’ 295906
4.25” x 1182’ 295909

Datamax IV Bag Solutions: HIPAA Compliant and FDA Approved

There are no shortage of rules and regulations to follow in the healthcare industry. At Datamax, we are working hard to make your job easier. We utilize the label industries latest and most advanced technology to provide you with worry-free compliance labeling.

Datamax IV Bag Solutions are manufactured with industry compliance and safety in mind. The products feature FDA approved adhesive components that meet the food packaging standards of 21 CFR 175.105. These direct thermal IV bag labels feature easy to peel face sheets that provide superior print quality. Because they are direct thermal, there are no concerns with ribbon disposal and HIPAA associated privacy requirements.

Our products are designed specifically for high-speed and high volume IV bag preparation. With the Datamax IV Bag solution, you can rest assure that your application is not only reliable but one of the safest solutions in the industry.

Printing Solutions

H-CLASS: Advanced and Feature-Rich Printer Solution

The Datamax H-Class family is the most advanced and feature-rich printer solution designed for today’s dynamic enterprise applications. H-Class printers provide throughput that is up to twice as fast as other printers in its class, and its gear-driven design provides rugged and reliable performance for 24x7 mission critical service. Modular construction increases up-time for the highest levels of user productivity, and the industry’s largest graphical display provides an easy-toread view for quick navigation and printer notifications.

• Reduced total cost of ownership with an easy to maintain modular design
• Heavy duty components to support 24 x 7 mission critical applications
• High-performance 32 bit/ 200MHz multi-tasking processor for maximum print throughput for the most demanding applications
• Rugged and reliable solid cast metal chassis for challenging environments
• Flexible connectivity with largest range of interfaces
• Designed for any level user to navigate the large graphic display for optimum viewing and control of all printer functions
• Superior Batch Printing using a direct powered internal rewinder for complete eight-inch label rolls with backing

Datamax Ex2: Thermal Printer

The Datamax Ex2 is setting a new standard in the entry-level thermal printer market. Datamax has combined affordable printing, high quality performance, and the latest technology for all your printing demands.

With one button, one LED, and auto media loading the printer has been simplified for ease of use. The Ex2 offers powerful performance with a 32-bit multi-tasking processor with four megabytes of memory, serial, parallel, and USB communications interfaces standard. The Ex2’s center bias design eliminates any mechanical printer width adjustment for narrow media applications. The Ex2 has been engineered to achieve a true footprint by incorporating the communications interface and power connection under the printer. This allows for ease of use in locations with limited space.

The Ex2 printer packs the latest technology with affordable pricing in a small package. The Ex2 is perfect for all of your low to medium volume printing applications, from shipping and receiving, to retail, and healthcare. The Ex2 can accommodate up to a five-inch roll of media, which reduces frequency of label loading. Depending upon your requirements the Ex2 is available with such options as eight megabyte flash memory, peel and present, and internal ethernet LAN support.

With so much value and performance packaged in such a small printer, there is only one choice – Ex2. The Ex2 is simply the most economical thermal printer on the market today.

M-CLASS: Compact Industrial Strength Printer

The new Datamax M-Class compact industrial strength printer is a rugged and versatile printer that provides the most accurate printing and flexible standards for today’s business requirements. The smaller footprint of the M-Class is ideal for users who need the power of an industrial printer, but must consider space limitations. The modular design of the M-Class makes maintenance and part replacement easy, and the flexible design allows a variety of options to be upgraded in the field. The M-Class is quickly becoming one of the industries most sought after printers for the following reasons:

• Reduced total cost of ownership with easy to maintain key components
• Broad range of connectivity to meet diverse application requirements and easily integrate into any network
• Designed for any level of user with an modern easy to navigate LCD graphics display for menu viewing and printer function control
• UHF and HF RFID configurations for current or future requirements protect your printer investment

The M-Class is designed to address commercial and industrial markets for thermal printers, including healthcare, light industrial, retail and shipping applications. The high quality features, performance, and rugged reliability make the M-Class the best value of any printer on the market.

Compact4: Intelligent, Compact and Robust

Excellent for on-demand printing, especially where space is limited. This flexible printer is ideal at the front desk of a hospital… or in the box office of a movie theater. Able to perform in a constant operating mode, the Compact4 is the printer of choice whenever ease of use, reliability, and high performance are a must.

• Versatile, small and powerful: direct thermal printer suitable for labels, tickets and tags
• Print resolution: 200 or 300 dpi
• Maximum print width: 104 mm (4.1”)
• Print speed: up to 125 mm/s (4.9”/s)
• Prints texts, logos, barcodes and graphics
• 10 scalable fonts are standard
• Resident barcodes, including several 2-dimensional and stacked codes (QR code, PDF 417,
• Datamatrix, Maxicode, EAN 13, etc.)
• 2 high-speed serial interfaces, USB and Ethernet ports

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