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Venous Needle Dislodgement Project

The Education & Research Board Venous Needle Dislodgement project team met in Malmo, Sweden with the representatives of Redsence Medical on the first weekend in April. During the meeting we drafted the recommendations for prevention and detection of venous needle dislodgement and plans for dissemination and promotion that will occur at the EDTNA/ERCA Prague Conference via poster, interactive workshop and discussions. (on the picture from left to right: Patrik Byhmer CEO Redsense Medical, Susanne Olausson Sales and Marketing Director Redsense Medical, Jean Pierre van Waeleghem, E&RB EDTNA/ERCA, Elizabeth Lindley E&RB EDTNA/ERCA, Jitka Pancirova EDTNA/ERCA President, Melissa Chamney E&RB EDTNA/ERCA)

The EDTNA/ERCA Executive Committee continue to meet the leading companies in the renal industry. We are delighted and encouraged with the response from companies both big and small. New projects and collaboration have been discussed including education projects, research projects as well as preparations for the Florence Conference. Over recent months, very productive meetings were held with: Nipro, Shire, Amgen, B. Braun, Roche, Gambro, Fresenius, NovoNordisk, Redsense Medical and Genzyme. We are also pleased to announce that several of these companies have joined our growing list of corporate members, more information on corporate membership is available on www.edtnaerca.org/corporate

The following links provide pictures from some recent visits.

1. Picture 1 – Yasmin Rachid, International Renal Society Relations, Fresenius Medical Care with Jitka Pancirova
2. Picture 2 – Anki Davidson, Director Exhibitions & Marketing Communication Support, Gambro with Jitka Pancirova
3. Picture 3 – Duncan Simmonds, International Project Manager Strategic Event Management, NovoNordisk with Jitka Pancirova and Lorna Engblom.

We look forward to our continued industry collaboration and look forward to more face to face contact during the industry lunch at the Prague Conference. We will also be in touch with companies shortly to announce the next Industry Advisory Meeting in November 2008.