ENTONOX AIRED AT HARROGATE

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ENTONOX AIRED AT HARROGATE
22 June 2001 - BOC Gases

The Entonox version of BOC Medical's innovative lightweight oxygen CD cylinder will be launched at the Ambex exhibition in Harrogate next week.

Entonox, one of the most versatile analgesic agents currently available, is the 50:50 mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen. Because of its low blood/gas solubility, the effects of Entonox are felt within three or four breaths, with pain relief achieved in under two minutes.

BOC Medical is confident the new Entonox CD cylinder will prove to be as popular with community midwives and ambulance personnel as its predecessor, the conventional steel 'D' size.

Ambulance trusts, who took part in the a six month oxygen CD cylinder trial, found its ready-to-use format saved vital seconds when treating patients compared with the conventional steel cylinder, which required the ambulance personnel to attach a regulator before the patient could breathe the gas. They also cited benefits from the permanently live contents gauge, which allowed them to tell immediately how much oxygen was left in the lightweight cylinder, which holds 30% more gas than the traditional canisters.

Like the oxygen CD cylinder, the Entonox* cylinder will also benefit from the same 'fibre wound' construction, offering dramatic weight saving.

Brad Walker, BOC Medical marketing manager, said:

"I am convinced the Entonox* CD cylinder will be very popular with community midwives and ambulance personnel. The significant reduction in weight will be of huge benefit to them and allow them to carry more equipment."

BOC is the leading provider of medical gases to the UK health care industry and has been supplying the NHS for nearly 50 years.

As well as being the UK's leading medical and industrial gases company, The BOC Group is one of the most global. It employs 42,000 people worldwide, operates in more than 50 countries, serves some two million customers and achieved sales of £3.31 billion in its last financial year.

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Through its PGS line of business, BOC supplies gas and related solutions to the chemicals, petroleum, glass, water services, electronic packaging, fibre optics, hydrogen energy, metals and food industries. BOC helps meet customer needs in a variety of ways, from the supply of a single gas or application through to designing, constructing and operating fully integrated gas and utilities schemes.

The BOC Group, which serves two million customers in more than 50 countries, is one of the largest and most global of the world's leading gases companies. It employs some 44,500 people worldwide and had annual sales of over £4.3 billion in 2003. Further information about The BOC Group may be obtained on the Internet at www.boc.com

The BOC Group has an international portfolio of companies grouped for management control and reporting into three lines of business: Process Gas Solutions, Industrial and Special Products, and BOC Edwards. It also has a specialist logistics business, Gist.

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