Greiner Bio-One Donates Product to Aid Healthcare Workers in a Ravaged Nepal

MONROE, N.C. - July 27, 2016 - PRLog -- Greiner Bio-One North America, Inc. has agreed to donate products from the MiniCollect^® Capillary Blood Collection product line to aid clinicians in their efforts to take high-quality medical supplies to the most vast and remote areas of the Himalayas and Tibetan plateaus through the Nomads Clinic Pilgrimage program. The Nomads Clinic Pilgrimage program is in alignment with the long standing corporate goal at Greiner Bio-One of improving patient care and ensuring access to basic medical care for the global population.

Starting in September of 2016, healthcare professionals and Greiner Bio-One customers embarking on this trip will go on foot through the most remote areas of Nepal which have been ravaged by earthquakes, monsoons and economic hardship throughout the past year carrying MiniCollect^® products including Lancelino Lancets, capillary blood collection tubes and Pasteur pipettes.

The MiniCollect^® Lancelino lancet was launched in early 2016 to complete the MiniCollect^® product line and provide users with a safe, pressure-activated lancet device for performing finger sticks.

Greiner Bio-One North America, Inc. is a privately held plastic manufacturing company located in Monroe, NC whose three divisions manufacture a variety of products for the medical and research fields. The manufactured products include plastic ware for the cultivation and analysis of cell and tissue cultures, microplates for high-throughput screening related to drug screening, products for blood and specimen collection, tests for the detection of bacteria and viruses, as well as, custom-made products. As an international manufacturer with global reach, Greiner Bio-One provides the manufacturing, distribution logistics and product application support to the world's largest hospitals, pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporations.

For more information about Greiner Bio-One North America, Inc. Or the International Nepal organization please visit http://www.gbo.com.