Canadian Hospital Specialties Limited Joins AdvaMed, the World’s Leading Medical Technology Trade Association

Canadian Hospital Specialties Limited (CHS) announced that it has joined the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), the world’s leading trade association representing more than 400 medical device manufacturers around the world.

In welcoming CHS, AdvaMed President and CEO Scott Whitaker said, “We are pleased to welcome CHS to the AdvaMed family. The devices and products CHS manufactures cover a wide range of clinical categories, serving acute hospitals and non-acute health care settings in Canada, the United States, and around the world. I look forward to working with CHS to continue pushing policies that improve access to high-quality health care for patients around the world.”

CHS self-manufactured products (MED-RX) and third-party represented products span across clinical categories, including Respiratory, Anesthesia, Perfusion, Interventional Radiology, Biopsy, Drainage, Diagnostic Imaging, Pharmacy, Vascular Access, Infection Prevention, Neuro and Cardiac Diagnostics, and General Med-Surg. The MED-RX line is produced in Oakville, ON, and is predominantly single use, disposable trays, kits, and tubing used in a variety of procedures such as IV Starts, Feeding, Biopsy, and Thoracic drainage.