Teleflex Purpose-Driven Trivia Challenge Supports Quality Outcomes
and Safety for Patients Worldwide
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2013--
Teleflex Incorporated, a leading global provider of medical devices for
critical care and surgery, and the American
Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today announced the
Purpose-Driven Trivia Challenge to be hosted at the Teleflex booth 1804
during the ANESTHESIOLOGY™
2013 annual meeting (October 12-16). The trivia challenge will
benefit the Lifebox
Foundation, a charity of the ASA
Charitable Foundation.
The Purpose-Driven Trivia Challenge aligns with the theme of this year’s
meeting, “Global Partners in Quality Outcomes and Patient Safety,” along
with Teleflex’s overall mission to enhance patient outcomes by providing
products that help clinicians protect against infection and improve
patient and provider safety. The trivia challenge tests attendees’
knowledge of anesthesiology in practice, including clinical protocols
and safety standards. Teleflex will make a donation to the ASA
Charitable Foundation Lifebox campaign for each correct answer, up to
$25,000 in total. The challenge will complement other booth activities,
allowing attendees to engage with Teleflex executives and learn how the
company’s products can enhance the quality and safety of their
anesthesiology practice.
“We are excited to return to ANESTHESIOLOGY™ 2013,” said Cary Vance,
President, Anesthesia & Respiratory Division, Teleflex. “The
ANESTHESIOLOGY™ 2013 annual meeting is the culmination of our year’s
engagement with the broader anesthesiology community. In addition to
hosting the Purpose-Driven Trivia Challenge, we look forward to sharing
updates on our portfolio of proven medical brands, products, and
technologies, as well as sharing our approach to purpose-driven
innovation with conference attendees.”
The Lifebox Foundation helps deliver the world’s foremost low-cost and
high-quality pulse oximeter to thousands of people undergoing surgery in
under-resourced countries. Pulse oximeters, non-invasive medical devices
that check the level of oxygen in a patient’s bloodstream and sound an
alarm as soon the slightest unsafe change is detected, are used as a
standard in many hospitals in countries such as the United Kingdom and
the United States. More than 70,000 operating rooms providing about 31.5
million operations annually in underdeveloped countries do not have
pulse oximeters.
“The ANESTHESIOLOGY™ 2013 annual meeting provides an important
opportunity for leaders in anesthesiology to gather and share scientific
knowledge to help provide the highest quality and safest care,” said ASA
Charitable Foundation President Alexander A. Hannenberg, M.D. “Through
our campaign for Lifebox, and other initiatives being driven by the ASA
Charitable Foundation, we are able to impact surgical safety around the
globe. We are thrilled that Teleflex is supporting our Lifebox campaign
and are grateful for their generous donation to surgical patients
worldwide.”
About ASA Charitable Foundation
Founded in 2011, the Foundation supports the charitable endeavors of the
American Society of Anesthesiologists. The mission of the Foundation is
to improve health and medical care in under-served communities by
advancing the quality of anesthesia care; to increase access to quality
anesthesia care; to support the anesthesiology profession’s response to
disasters and health crises; and to promote educational opportunities in
the anesthesiology field to educate and develop leaders of these efforts
in the future.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists
Founded in 1905, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is an
educational, research and scientific society with more than 50,000
members organized to raise and maintain the standards of the medical
practice of anesthesiology. ASA is committed to ensuring physician
anesthesiologists evaluate and supervise the medical care of patients
before, during and after surgery to provide the highest quality and
safest care every patient deserves.
For more information on the field of anesthesiology, visit the American
Society of Anesthesiologists website at asahq.org.
To learn more about the role physician anesthesiologists play in
ensuring patient safety, visit asahq.org/WhenSecondsCount.
About Teleflex Incorporated
Teleflex is a leading global provider of specialty medical devices for a
range of procedures in critical care and surgery. Our mission is to
provide solutions that enable healthcare providers to improve outcomes
and enhance patient and provider safety. Headquartered in Limerick, PA,
Teleflex employs approximately 11,500 people worldwide and serves
healthcare providers in more than 140 countries. Additional information
about Teleflex can be obtained from the company's website at teleflex.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements. Any
forward-looking statements contained herein are based on our
management's current beliefs and expectations, but are subject to a
number of risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances, which may
cause actual results or company actions to differ materially from what
is expressed or implied by these statements. These risks and
uncertainties are identified and described in more detail in our filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report
on Form 10-K.
Teleflex is a registered trademark of Teleflex Incorporated or its
affiliates.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Teleflex:
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
Liz
Pingpank, 617-234-4121
lpingpank@waggeredstrom.com
or
American
Society of Anesthesiologists:
Roxanne Pipitone, 847-987-9779
communications@ashq.org
or
Theresa
Hill, 773-330-5273
t.hill@ashq.org
or
INVESTOR
CONTACT
Teleflex Incorporated
Jake Elguicze
Treasurer
and Vice President, Investor Relations
610-948-2836