Earlier in December, PROACT Medical launched it's own homecare website under a new name - SATSmed. This website allows home - users the opportunity to purchase PROACT's products online.

Click HERE to view the website and remember to bookmark www.satsmed.com!

Friday night was party night for the staff of PROACT Medical who headed to Nottingham for a Medieval Christmas feast and entertainment. The Tales of Robin Hood was a superb venue where the food and drink kept coming and most of the PROACT staff were introduced to Mead for the first time - probably the only time too!

The entertainment went on throughout the night including music from a guitarist who refused to play Greensleeves! A Jester (see right) who could juggle with anything you gave to him, and Robin Hood and Maid Marion made several appearances. Area rep Mark Surtees also got the chance to try his hand at falconry!

Many thanks must go to the staff at the Tales of Robin Hood for putting on such a great evening. The food was superb and the service excellent.

The evening was a chance for all of the staff to get together with their friends and colleges and celebrate what has been yet another superb year for PROACT Medical. With record breaking sales and changes to the way our company operates, the foundations have been set for PROACT to make further strides in 2006.

We wish both our staff and customers a very MERRY Christmas, and a happy new year.

Look forward to seeing you in 2006.

With the AfPP Conference still fresh in the memory, and still feeling the jet lag from attending Medica 05 in Germany, PROACT were on the road again, this time at the Care Show in Harrogate.

Click HERE for more information on the Care Show

Mr Robert Wibberly of Tottenham, London was the first man to own an Onyx II Digital Finger Pulse Oximeter in the UK.3 months on from his original purchase in July, PROACT contacted Mr Wibberly to see how he was getting on.

“The first time I used it was for the Red Bull Air Race at Longleat where I was on duty. It was a useful piece of kit to have around. It’s easy, it looks nice, and it is very reliable. I had seen cheaper versions around before I decided to buy the Onyx. I brought the Onyx II for its brand name - it has a reputation for reliability.”

The Onyx II is currently available at an exceptional special offer price of £195.00 which includes a market leading 3 years warranty. With Nonin’s PROVEN PureSAT technology and legendary quality, durability and accuracy built-in to a smaller and lighter unit, the Onyx II is the only Digital Pulse Oximeter you need to have with you.

Click HERE to visit the Onyx II product page
Click HERE to see the special offer

PROACT once again attended the AfPP exhibiton (formally known as NATN) in Harrogate. With many new product launches and a number of meetings set up over the 3 days the PROACT staff were rushed off their feet.

To see our review of the AfPP exhibiton, visit the exhibitions page, or click HERE

On the last few days of September, the PROACT reps all gathered at PROACT HQ for our annual sales meeting. Very rarely are all of the PROACT team under one roof and it gave everyone within the company the chance to offer advice and pass on new ideas.

This annual meeting is vital for the PROACT managment to convay their ideas and targets to the sales team, for the coming year. It also allows our people on the road to suggest how PROACT can be a better company - invaluable information.

As with all companies, the people who represent them outside of office HQ are vital. They are our eyes and ears across the country and without them, we wouldn't be where we are today. PROACT wish to thank all our reps for attending the meeting in late September, and wish them the best sucsess for the next year.

Nonin Medical have carried out a six month study that has led to 100% of the participants stating that using the 9500 Onyx saved time during work shifts.

About the Study - Determined to realise cost savings and improve staff efficiency, a 500 bed tertiary care facility enlisted the nurses on one of its medical-surgical units. This unit has 32 beds with an average length of stay (LOS) of 4-7 days. Also included were respiratory therapists assigned to that floor. A six-month study was initiated, with the Onyx completely replacing the unit's hand-help oximeters. Patients receiving continuous SpO2 monitoring were excluded from this study.

The Plan - Every clinician received an Onyx, which included a carrying case and lanyard. After a brief introduction, the serial numbers and employee IDs were recorded, and each participant received a supply of AAA batteries. The clinicians were told to use the Onyx in place of their handheld pulse oximeters for routine vital signs and as-needed spot-checks. Throughout the six-month study, the clinicians reported on their time saved per shift, as well as perceptions about how daily patient care was effected by carrying their own Onyx fingertip pulse oximeter.

The Results - Nurses and respiratory therapists were overwhelmingly positive in their response to the Onyx. They reported considerable time saved, as well as improved and more timely care for their patients. In addition, the hospital quickly realised that its pulse oximetry costs, could be dramatically reduced by using the Onyx. No units were lost or misplaced during the study

To see the full study click HERE

On September the 1st 2005, PROACT celebrated 10 years of successful trading. We would like to thank our many longstanding business partners, distributors and also our newer customers for their valued custom and feedback without which the story would have been very different. PROACT has achieved year on year business growth of 42% over the past 12 months and has undergone many changes and additions. The Company has re-invested heavily to ensure that our Infrastructure copes with the increased business whilst continually increasing our Quality of Performance. This has been confirmed again by the improvement in our Customer Satisfaction Gold BenchMarQ Award over last year.

The Company has now purchased further land at the rear of the Oakley Hay HQ and intends to build a purpose built state of the art logistics centre to ensure that the forecast continued business growth is properly
serviced long into the future. Finally, I must thank and congratulate our Sales and Office/Logistics Staff & Management for the hard work and total commitment to Customer Service which has undoubtably made it possible for PROACT to be one of the World’s fastest growing Medical Companies.

Remember, our new 2005/06 Catalogue is available. Call us now for your free copy - 0870 909 7400

PROACT Medical Ltd would like to invite you to attend a free of charge, no obligation, Capnography education and training session. There are several sessions based all round the country during September which you are welcome to attend.

Sep 13 2005 - Southmead Hospital

Sep 14 2005 - Wythenshawe Hospital

Sep 15 2005 - 2 Sessions at the Queen's Medical Centre

Please click HERE for further information on the training courses we are offering. Or contact Jennie Brownlie for further information

Nonin and PROACT Medical are pleased to launch the new Onyx II. The world's top selling Finger Pulse Oximeter is now ever better!

The OnyxII retains the Onyx’s legendary durability, reliability and accuracy, and now offers 50% faster response times. The OnyxII also retains Nonin’s patented automatic On/Off when the finger is inserted.

Nonin’s PureSAT™ Technology is built into the OnyxII which offers impeccable low perfusion accuracy and superb motion tolerance. The OnyxII is now more powerful than ever before - 5000 spot checks and a battery shelf life of 35,000 hours! The OnyxII features a unique pulse quality indicator built into it’s compact design which in total only weighs only 60g, batteries fitted! It’s also more user friendly, with it’s large LED display that can be read in any environment and at any angle – beware of cheap Liquid Crystal Displays. A new internal integrated spring design and a fast “push and click” battery change, also help make the OnyxII the ultimate in finger pulse oximetry - all with a new style Holster Carry Case, plus a Lanyard and extra Standard full closure Carry Case.

With a 3 Year Warranty the Nonin OnyxII offers the very best package available for the discerning Medical Professional.

PROACT are pleased to announce the opening of a direct Scottish office and the appointment of a new sales manager for Scotland - Brian McSherry. Full Details will be announced shortly

PROACT are pleased to announce the appointment of our new
exclusive Scottish pre-hospital distributor, Northern Hospital Supplies.
Sales Contact: Mike Clarke
Tel: 01968 679333 - Fax: 01968 679222
e-mail: nhs@spylaw.demon.co.uk

PROACT are also pleased to appoint Pentland Mobility as our Scottish
distributor to the home care and occupational health sector.

Sales Contact: Heather and Keith Walker
Tel: 01968 679888 - Fax: 01968 679222
e-mail: nhs@spylaw.demon.co.uk

As of April the 1st 2005, a selection of the world’s largest laryngoscope range is now available on NHS Contract! PROACT Disposable Laryngoscopes offer you superb strength and quality at cost effective prices - don’t accept less!

Available on NHS Contract:
Metal Max™ 100 Conventional Laryngoscopes
Metal Max™ 90 Conventional Laryngoscopes
Metal Max™ 100 Green System Laryngoscopes
Metal Max™ 90 Green System Laryngoscopes
Truphatek™ LiteBlade® Laryngoscopes
Truphatek™ Dolphin® Conventional Handle
PROACT DUO Modular Green System Handle
(with Autoclavable Reusable Sleeve)

Disposable Sleeves available from PROACT Medical in packs of 10

A study* comparing the Nonin Pulse Oximeter Signal Processing Technology to two leaading pulse oximeter manufacturers was conducted at the UCSF Hypoxia Research lab (Severinghaus) in November of 2003. SpO2 was obtained for the Nonin Xpod® pulse oximeter, and the latest models of two leading pulse oximeter manufacturers. Results of the testing showed that Nonin demonstrated the best overall accuracy in terms of Root Mean Squared (RMS). For both males and female subjects with low perfusion index values, the Nonin product was again more accurate. In the lower saturation ranges, the Nonin product had the smallest standard deviation, and showed less variability from the co-oximeter results than the other two products tested.

*This summary has been taken from the official documentation. If you wish to obtain a copy, please contact Neil Manners.

New from Truphatek, the GreenLite is a Unique Patented design that offers full metal through the critical hook-on-area. The blade also offers a simple, reliable "click" locking and unlocking systems which gives you that ultimate performance and feel. The GreenLite blade will be available March 2005. The GreenLite will be supplied extremely competitively at £39.50 per pack of 10

The GreenLite is a brilliant addition to PROACT's range of ISO7376/3 Laryngoscope blades.

A further three members of staff have joined the PROACT team in the space of two weeks. The final months of 2004 proved to be exceptionally busy and to help cope with the added work, it was decided that PROACT's team of staff needed boosting. Lorraine Keatings and Louise Murphy will both be based in house whilst David Axtell will be out on the road as our Business Development Manager.

Louise will be working with Phil and Jennie (see below) in our Internal Sales Support team, helping to extend our customer base and offer an increased level of customer support to ourhigh levels of product expertises and customer relations.

Lorraine has joined our sales administration team and will be assisting with processing the flood of orders we recieve on a daily basis as well as being on the front line responding to your calls and giving you the exceptional level of service you expect from PROACT Medical.

David is our New Business Development Manager. His main duty grow our business relationships in the Pre-Hospital Medical Market, where the company has seen tremendous growth over the last 10 years. David's skills and experience will add yet further depth to out customer services team.

PROACT would like to welcome all three members of staff and wish them all a long, successful and satisfying career with PROACT.