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CERS
Finds Thermometer Brands Inaccurate
LABORATORY tests conducted by Consumer Education
and Research Society (CERS) on 21 brands of thermometers have found 20
brands to be inaccurate According to a CERS press release, except for
the digital thermometer brand Omron, none of the thermometers
conformed to all the parameters they were tested against.
The most important parameter tested was that of
accuracy, since an inaccurate recording of the second important
parameter tested was response time, since a thermometer that takes too
long to record the actual temperature may show an inaccurate reading
as the thermometer may be removed before it has recorded the correct
reading.
Another parameter is related to the mercury flow,
because if the constriction above the bulb in the thermometer does not
work, a greater force than the normal may be needed to bring the
mercury column down before recording the temperature. Or the
mercury column may descend immediately, even before the use reads the
temperature, making the thermometer useless. According to the
CERS report, none of the thermometers tested carried the mark of
verifying authority showing the year of initial verification.
[Ref: Express Pharma
Pulse]
ISI
approval for Casil health gloves
CASIL Health Products Ltd., (CHPL) a group company
of the Cadila Pharmaceuticals conglomerate has recently been awarded
ISI Certification by Bureau of Indian Standards for its Surgical
Rubber Gloves.
ISI Certification assures consistent quality as
specified by BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards). This standard is
widely accepted by institutions like the Armed Forces, State
Government Rate Contracts and kanor private institutions.
CHPL manufactures and markets "Surgitex"
(Surgical Gloves Sterile and Non Sterile) and "Glotex"
Examination. Gloves which are mainly used for surgeries and
examination. The company's gloves manufacturing facility is
situated at Nani Kadi, North Gujarat, which presently has a capacity
of 14.4 million pairs per annum. Currently, the domestic market
for surgical and examination gloves is estimated at 200 million pairs
and 40 million pairs per annum, respectively. CHPL enjoys over 7
per cent market share in this segment in India.
Apart from gloves, CHPL is also engaged in
manufacturing and marketing diagnostic kits, critical care products,
ortho-products including "Duralite" fibre glass synthetic
cast tape, specialtiy chemicals, disinfectant and sterilant for
medical instruments and scopes. The company has posted a 125 per
cent year on year net profit growth to Rs. 6.65 lakhs for the quarter
ended 30 June 2000, as against a loss of Rs. 26.77 lakhs for the first
quarter of the previous year. During the same period the sales
has increased by 67 per cent from Rs 357 lakhs to Rs 598 lakhs.
Apart from conventional surgical and examination
gloves, CHPL has mooted plans for manufacturing other gloves like
industrial gloves, toxic material handling gloves, chemical gloves,
gardening gloves etc in teh near future, adds a company press release.
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