AcroMetrix Renews Contract With Group Services for America's Blood Centers

BENICIA, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- AcroMetrix, a global leader in
quality control materials for molecular and serological diagnostics, announced
today that it will extend its contract with Group Services for America's Blood
Centers (GSABC) through December 31st of 2009. Following the previous
agreement from 2005, GSABC will continue to recommend and promote AcroMetrix
as a recommended provider of quality control materials for GSABC's 77 members
across the US and Canada.
"Because of the important nature of the infectious disease testing
conducted by members of America's Blood Centers (ABC), all tests must be
carefully monitored to ensure accurate performance," said GSABC Director of
Contracting Susan Claffey. "The innovative quality control products provided
by AcroMetrix serve this critical need and assure the accuracy and reliability
of blood screening."
AcroMetrix currently provides many GSABC members with quality control
products for molecular testing of HIV, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B and West Nile
Virus, as well as serology controls for all commonly screened analytes,
including Chagas. These products provide a means by which to estimate accuracy
and detect systematic errors in qualitative assays.
"We are excited to continue our valuable partnership with GSABC," said
Michael J. Eck, President and CEO for AcroMetrix. "We consider this renewed
agreement to be a testament to the quality of our products and the superior
customer service AcroMetrix provides."
The contract includes all products for infectious disease testing
performed at member community blood centers of GSABC, including EDCNet,
AcroMetrix's online data management system. AcroMetrix will be working with
all GSABC member labs to help subsidize their transition to AcroMetrix
products.
About GSABC -- Group Services for America's Blood Centers is a cooperative
wholly owned by America's Blood Centers, providing group purchasing enterprise
expertise and resource sharing services to ABC members. GSABC is committed to
member involvement and to providing its members meaningful benefit through
resource management and financial returns. With an independent board of
directors, GSABC is a member directed organization.
About AcroMetrix -- AcroMetrix, with facilities in Benicia, California and
Alkmaar, the Netherlands, provides a comprehensive line of molecular and
serological diagnostic quality control products that assist laboratories in
meeting current regulations regarding quality. AcroMetrix maintains this
leadership role by consistently developing innovative standards, external run
controls, and validation kits for molecular and serological testing in
clinical diagnostics and blood screening laboratories. For more information on
AcroMetrix please visit the company web site at http://www.acrometrix.com.
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Alexis Stimpfle of AcroMetrix, +1-707-746-8888, ext. 144, ams@acrometrix.com