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For Immediate Release
Date: June 18, 2004
Contact: Liz Lloyd, Marketing Communications Manager
Phone: 800.871.8909 ext. 109

TREK Diagnostic Systems Presented Exciting New Products at 14th ECCMID

Cleveland, Ohio – June 18, 2004 – TREK Diagnostic Systems presented its exciting, new products, VersaTREK® Automated Microbial Detection System and SWIN (Sensititre® for Windows) Software, at the 14th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Prague, Czech Republic, May 1-4, 2004.

“ECCMID was attended by 5,500+ scientists from all over the world. We spoke to people from Australia to Zambia,” said Paul Daga, V.P. International Markets. “TREK had an ideal position on the second floor in main flow of attendee traffic. Showing the ARIS 2X with SWIN and VersaTREK 528 generated a lot of booth traffic. We have already had inquires from potential customers that came to the booth for quotations on SWIN, YeastOne and VersaTREK.”

“In an environment that perfectly blended the old with the new, the picturesque and cosmopolitan, the city of Prague served as the backdrop to a successful ECCMID conference and the inaugural introduction of TREK’s newest generation of technologies – VersaTREK and our new and improved ARIS 2X Sensititre system,” commented Les Stutzman, Director of Global Marketing. “Location is said to be everything, but with TREK it was just one part of our successes at ECCMID. Knowing that the products you have developed will greatly enhance the effectiveness of the microbiologist and seeing a clear understanding of what these new systems can do for the microbiologist revelation of this fact on the faces of our exhibition visitor helped confirm our commitment toward continuing to provide more value and in addressing our customer needs when it comes to blood cultures and AST/ID testing. Interest was high and we at TREK look forward to closing on many of these opportunities worldwide over the next several months.”

VersaTREK features the latest technology in automated microbial detection systems and allows laboratories to conduct four tests on a single platform: blood culture, sterile body fluid culture, Mycobacteria detection and M. tuberculosis susceptibility testing. Designed for the best value, versatility, and ease of use, VersaTREK offers unique VorTrexing™ agitation, enhanced ergonomics, utilizes TREK’s “Any Bottle anywhere Concept”, and features Microsoft® Windows-based software with one-touch access to all patient information and reports. VersaTREK provides better recovery, simple ease of use, improved patient care, and greater value, making it the best solution for the demanding challenges of the diagnostic laboratory.

Sensititre ARIS 2X and SWIN are an automated ID/AST system developed for the microbiology laboratory to combat growing antimicrobial resistance concerns. Offering improved automated plate inventory, reading, and report capabilities, with no “reagent additions”, ARIS 2X provides consistent performance, requires little maintenance and offers the fewest restrictions of any automated ID/AST system. SWIN Software is the new, user-friendly, one-touch package that streamlines laboratory workflow. SWIN features an intelligent and customizable Expert System to permit appropriate intervention for organisms with unusual resistance patterns. The new software package also offers unique and easy export of data results to EXCEL or ACCESS to ensure antibiogram compliance with current and future NCCLS recommendations, and distinct, color-coded identification parameters to allow immediate recalculation of results, reducing labor and saving costs.

Founded in January 1999, TREK Diagnostic Systems is a global manufacturer and distributor of automated systems and consumable products for the microbiology diagnostic laboratory. Signature product lines include VersaTREK®, ESP®, Sensititre®, alamarBlue®, para-JEM®, YeastOne®, onSite®, and TREK Lab Services. TREK is committed to delivering the highest quality products and services to clinical, pharmaceutical, and veterinary diagnostic laboratories worldwide.