Athens, September 19, 2018. It is been recognized the value of our innovative service “Hypertension & Diabetes Corner” and we are proud of it!

The Hypertension & Diabetes Corner service helps to effectively inform and educate the public with scientific information and clear nutrition and exercise guidelines so to manage the 5 key factors that can lead to cardiovascular disease: Hypertension, Diabetes, Cholesterol, Smoking, Obesity.

Additionally, it is an important tool for recording daily measurements for patients suffering from Hypertension & Diabetes, while providing access to science-based reports and the ability to maintain a valid and up-to-date medical profile.

We are proud of the 3 great awards we have won!

Athens, September 3, 2018. KARABINIS MEDICAL has adopted a clear strategy for environmental protection:
• We are subscribers to the companies «Recycling Packaging SA» & «Hellenic Recycling Utilization Company»
• Large recycling of paper, electrical and electronic equipment, batteries, clothing
• We implement an environmental management system according to EN ISO 14001: 2004
• Our packages are recyclable and have the “green dot” logo

In addition, we help the actions of the 4Ocean Organization to clean the oceans and seas from plastics and rubbish.

The 4Ocean Organization, by promoting its bracelets and through a global campaign, has been able to collect until today 1,123,144 pounds of garbage from the ocean and coasts. The significant contribution of the organization to our planet deserves broad support. By purchasing a 4Ocean product, we help to remove one pound of trash from the ocean and coastlines.

Our company will soon announce further actions for the environment.

Athens, 17 July, 2018. We are very pleased to announce the award we won for our innovative service Hypertension & Diabetes Corner (HD Corner).

In the awards of the Best in Pharmacy 2018, our service won the BRONZE AWARD in the “Best training for pharmacies” category. The award was received by Mr. Apostolos Karampinis, who stated: “I deeply thank all my associates at KARABINIS MEDICAL for their tireless and endless efforts to create the HD Corner service!! We also thank our pharmacist partners for the continuous support. We are committed to the uninterrupted continuity of our investments and efforts to help regulate cardiovascular patients, highlighting the clear role of the pharmacy as an essential primary health player!! “

Athens, 25 May, 2018.

Our favorite brand Alfa Gauze changes name and packaging!

We are welcoming Alfashield!

KARABINIS MEDICAL after the recognized and successful course of the medical consumable Alfa Gauze series in the Greek health care market, keeping consistent the products top quality, proceeds to its overall redesign, in order the brand to be synchronized with the expanded strategic and business objectives of the company.

Alfashield is the new name of the series. It reflects uniquely and loudly the brand’s key feature and the promise the products offer to the public:

First quality (Alpha) + Protective barrier (Shield)

The horse, the familiar mark that “seals” Alfa Gauze series, has also been included in the new Alfashield logo. It acts as a quality guarantee seal in the new packaging and at the same time connects the new line with the history of 51 years by KARABINIS MEDICAL.

The rebranding started with the sterile gauze packages that will be launched very soon at the sales points. Gradually, under the brand Alfashield, the total of each category products will follow.

The Alfashield series are in line with KARABINIS MEDICAL new era of development and progress.

Athens, 21 May, 2018

 

KARABINIS MEDICAL, always aiming to ensure the legality and full implementation of all Regulations and Laws, carries out all its business activities in accordance to the principles of privacy as we believe they demonstrate our unwavering commitment to ethical and responsible practices.

We recognize that innovation and new technology drive continual change in risks, expectations and laws, so we follow privacy accountability standards and aim to promptly adapt how we apply them in response to those changes.

We strive to comply with both the spirit and letter of privacy and data protection laws and regulations in a manner that drives consistency and operating efficiency for our global business operations.

Since the beginning of 2018, KARABINIS MEDICAL has been implemented a series of actions, rules and procedures designed to ensure full alignment with the European and National Legislation and the General Data Protection Regulation applicable from May 25^th 2018 .

We integrate our privacy standards into all activities, processes, technologies and relationships with third parties using Personal Data.

More specifically:

• All our company’s sites have been fully harmonized since April 1^st 2018 according to the GDPR.
• All of our company’s internal customer support procedures have been fully harmonized under the GDPR.
• All standardized procedures relating to our company staff have been fully harmonized with all the requirements set out from the GDPR.

 

KARABINIS MEDICAL, fully respecting the GDPR’s objective of safeguarding the personal data of EU citizens, factually proves through its operational actions its total harmonization with the requirements of the new Regulation.

Athens, 18 May 2018. Every year, 17th May is dedicated to World Hypertension Day (WHD). Microlife was the sponsor of two major public events organized by the Hellenic Cardiology Society (HCS) at Golden Hall & the Mall Athens.
As hypertension is one of the primary risk factors for cardiovascular which leads to various other health problems, it is recognized as a serious threat to public health. Thus, it is very important to create a public awareness by public screening events.
The audience had the opportunity to be informed by HCS physicians about hypertension issues as well as to measure their blood pressure with the clinically tested blood pressure monitor Microlife A3L Comfort, with IMT technology for comfortable measurement during infusion of the cuff.
We thank the Hellenic Cardiology Society for this excellent collaboration.