SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 6, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Direct Relief
International announced today that CSL Behring
has donated critically needed medical supplies to assist cholera
patients in Haiti. The products will be used at Justinian
University Hospital (JUH) in Cap-Haitien. JUH is the main public
hospital for the entire northern sector of the country; the I.V.
solutions and supplies will also be distributed to the numerous
cholera treatment units (CTUs) that have been established in the
cholera outbreak area as dictated by need.

The donation, consisting of 4,632 bags of Lactated Ringers
solution, 1,500 infusion sets, and 1,500 safety catheters, will
help treat patients who have been hospitalized due to infection
with cholera, a serious condition that has affected Haiti in
epidemic proportions in recent months.  The solution is
administered intravenously and will be used mainly to replenish
body fluids in patients who have experienced severe dehydration as
a result of their condition. It may also be used as a conduit for
other medicines to be administered to cholera patients.

This is CSL Behring’s second donation of medical supplies to
Direct Relief International, which helps local health facilities in
over 70 countries treat people affected by poverty, disaster, and
civil unrest.

“CSL Behring is honored and pleased to be in a position to once
again help the people of Haiti,” said
Peter Turner, President of CSL Behring. “They have endured so
much. We hope our contribution will bring some relief to those who
need it the most. They are certainly in our thoughts.”

“We are so grateful for CSL Behring’s contribution of Lactated
Ringers solution, infusion sets and safety I.V. catheters,” said
Nate Nickerson RN, DrPH, Executive Dire

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