Baxa Corporation's Dennis Tribble, PharmD, Now Profiled at Expert411.com for Media...

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Baxa Corporation's Dennis Tribble, PharmD, Now Profiled at Expert411.com for
Media and Professional Access

Dennis Tribble is an expert resource on hospital pharmacy operations,
information technology and medication safety issues.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Dennis Tribble, PharmD, is now
profiled at the Expert Information for Journalist site --
http://expert411.com/_wsn/page3.html -- for media and professional access. 
This announcement is made by Marian Robinson, VP Marketing for Baxa
Corporation, who says Tribble is Chief Pharmacy Officer and Chief Technology
Officer for the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, FHT, Inc.  Baxa is a
Denver-based manufacturer of software and devices for health-system
pharmacies.

"Dennis is an expert on health-system safety and related medication safety
issues," Robinson explains.  "His experience in pharmacy operations and
information technology make him a passionate advocate for a complete
restructuring of the pharmacy practice paradigm and the use of technology in
bringing about that vision."

Tribble, a pharmacist and software engineer, serves as the Chairman of the
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Section on Pharmacy
Informatics and Technology (SOPIT).  In addition, he is a Past President of
the Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists and charter member of the
Pharmacy Informatics Task Force for the Healthcare Information and Management
Systems Society (HIMSS).  Extensively published on health-system pharmacy
operations and pharmacy informatics, he serves as a reviewer on automation for
the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy and is listed as an inventor on
nine patents related to automation of IV admixture.

Prior to joining FHT, Inc., Tribble was the Chief Medical Officer at Baxa
Corporation, where he led the development of internal and external products. 
He received his undergraduate degree from Muhlenberg College in Allentown,
Pennsylvania, and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of the
Pacific School of Pharmacy in Stockton, California.  Tribble also completed a
residency in Hospital Pharmacy at The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in
Greensboro, N.C.

About Baxa Corporation
Baxa, a customer-focused medical device company, provides innovative,
solution-based technologies for medication handling and delivery.  Its systems
and devices promote the safe and efficient preparation, handling, packaging,
and administration of medications.  Key products include the PadLock(R) Set
Saver, Rapid-Fill(TM) Automated Syringe Fillers, ExactaMed(TM) Oral
Dispensers, MicroFuse(R) Syringe Infusers, Repeater(TM) Pharmacy Pumps, and
ExactaMix(TM) and MicroMacro(TM) Multi-Source Automated Compounders; used
worldwide in hospitals and healthcare facilities.  Privately held, Baxa
Corporation has subsidiaries and sales offices in Canada and the United
Kingdom; direct representation in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany,
Luxembourg, The Netherlands and Switzerland; and distribution partners
worldwide.  Further information is available at www.baxa.com.

About FHT, Inc.
Founded in 1998, FHT, Inc. is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Baxa
Corporation.  FHT, Inc.'s solutions deliver quantum-leap improvements in key
IV room performance metrics: accuracy, patient safety, clinician safety,
speed, cost reduction, and regulatory compliance.  More information is
available at www.fhtinc.com.

    Contact:
    Marian Robinson, Vice President, Marketing
    Baxa Corporation:  800.567.2292 ext. 2157 or 303.617.2157
    Email:  marian.robinson@baxa.com

    Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR
    Absolutely Public Relations: 303.984.9801 or 303.669.3558
    Email: maggie@absolutelypr.com





SOURCE  Baxa Corporation

Marian Robinson, Vice President, Marketing of Baxa Corporation,
1-800-567-2292, ext. 2157, or +1-303-617-2157, marian.robinson@baxa.com; or
Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR of Absolutely Public Relations, +1-303-984-9801,
or +1-303-669-3558, maggie@absolutelypr.com
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