• Companies achieving Best Practise

Accrington Acrobot Advanced Bionics Ahlstrom Aircraft Medical American Medical AMO Abbott UK Anetic Aid Ansell Archimedes Pharma Arthrex Atrium Europe B1 Medical Bard Baxter Healthcare BDF Berchtold Biomet Merck Bluebox Medical Boston Scientific Clinical Innovations CNP Medical Cochlear Coloplast Convatec Cook Corin Coviden Crystal Clear Medical Solutions Depuy International Draeger Eden Medical Endoplus Entific Eschman Ethicon (WH&U)

Fannin Healthcare Forth Medical Goldshield Pharma Guided Solutions Haag Streit (UK) Haartmanns Health Edge Hologic UK Ltd Huntleigh Healthcare Inditherm Plc Intavent Orthofix Johnson & Johnson John Weiss JRI Inc Olympus KeyMed Kimberly-Clark Link Pharma Maersk Magstim Maquet Marie Stopes Intl Marshalls Mathys Medical MDM Medical Medela Medlogic Medtronic Mentor Medical Ltd Merck Serona Ltd Molnlycke New Splint Nikomed Nordic Pharma UK

Omega Organon Orthosonics P3 Medical Pennine Healthcare Pharmalink Plus Orthopaedics Pulse Surgical Regent Medical Richard Wolf Scient'x UK SD Healthcare Sigmacon Smith & Nephew SSL International Stryker Surgical Innovations Symmetry Medical Synthes Timesco Tristel Tyco Healthcare (Medical) University of Leeds Unomedcial Verigen Vernon Carus Vygon Xiros Zimmer

• Testimonials from the Medical Device Industry

DePuy International
DePuy International has adopted the BTEC Professional Theatre Access Award as the standard of training for all employees who routinely work in hospital clinical areas. The provision of this course minimizes the risk to our company of litigation and identifies for our employees company liability, vicarious liability and the requirement for compliance and Professionalism.

KeyMed
Keymed recognizes the increasing importance of professional vocational qualifications in almost every area of industry, and medical device sales and support is no exception. New employees enter the medical device business with a wide variety of previous hospital experience, so it is critical for ethical companies to ensure that all who will be working in the patient environment are trained to the same high level of competence. It is equally important for hospital staff to be able to recognize that company personnel visiting the clinical areas have sufficient understanding of working practices to ensure that patient outcomes and staff procedures are not adversely affected by their presence. The BTEC Theatre Skills Course meets both these requirements, with the personal ID badge awarded upon successful completion giving hospital staff instant recognition of the holder's professionalism in this respect.

Intavent Orthofix
The BTEC professional training qualification is a long overdue move towards establishing a standard that will meet the interests of all those involved in health care delivery, thus further protecting that group which we all strive to serve - patients.

Ansell
"Theatre Skills - It's not just for Theatre staff!!"
"With a background outside the Healthcare market, it was essential that I quickly grasped the fundamental process required to work as a "Support" to the healthcare professional rather than a hindrance. The 2 day course gave me a detailed insight to the implications of my team's activities and I would strongly recommend that all companies ensure their sales professionals, irrespective of presumed experience, take advantage of this unique development opportunity. This will ensure we continue to move towards a standard of excellence commensurate with the needs and desires of our customers."

Huntleigh Healthcare
It is our aim to partner our customers in order to deliver the highest levels of customer service with the best possible patient outcomes. The IPC team at Huntleigh Healthcare has recently adopted the BTEC Professional Theatre Access Award as a minimum standard of training for all employees who routinely work in hospital clinical areas. The provision of this course minimizes the risk to our company of litigation and identifies for our employees company liability, vicarious liability and the requirement for compliance and Professionalism. The feedback I have received from the team has been excellent with comments such as:

"One of the best courses I have ever attended"

"Truly professional course excellent content delivered with an easy style by informed and knowledgeable trainers"

"I should have done this years ago, attending has helped me understand the risks and manage my business more effectively"