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Huntington Beach, Calif.-October 4, 2005 -- Quellent Technologies, a supplier of proprietary disposable absorptive pads, today announced the introduction of its DriPAD product line designed for use in human and animal healthcare. DriPADs are available in several configurations and sizes for each of its key customer groups: First Responders (EMS, Fire, Police, and Ambulance), Hospitals (ER, OR and Burn Care), Blood Banks, Laboratories, and Mortuaries. DriPADs are also ideal for Pet Care and Transport, and for Home Bedwetting and Incontinence Care.

Said Craig Sundheimer, Quellent's Chief Business Officer, "The DriPAD line of products provides healthcare professionals and consumers with a powerful tool to manage biological fluids such as blood, serum, urine, irrigating solutions and vomit. They are constructed of super-absorbent air-laid fibers to which is added Quellent's proprietary iodine disinfectant system. The disposable pads will literally absorb liters of fluids, and then release a safe but highly biocidal dose of iodine into the fluid to dramatically reduce the pathogens in the pad core matrix. DriPADs quickly remove potentially biohazardous fluids from the scene, and by reducing their bacterial and viral load, create a safer environment for patients, healthcare workers and the consumer." "Compared to towels and other reusable absorbents, they are very cost effective.'' added Lloyd Jarvis, Quellent's CFO, "For example, hospital laundry costs are per pound. Since only one liter of water weighs over two pounds, those costs add up - but the real benefit of DriPADs is their ability to improve turn-around efficiency, reduce clean-up time and manage the mess and associated hazards of biofluids in the care environment. DriPADs are applied at the source of the fluids and stop the mess before it happens. This means our hospital customers can save time and money each time their staff uses a DriPAD - time that would have been spent cleaning floors or equipment - not to mention the added worker safety. When compared to other disposables available to institutions and consumers, there just is no product available that absorbs and disinfects like a DriPAD does."

DriPADs are available via the company's website and through select distributors that will soon be identified on the website.

Quellent Technologies. is a private company that manufactures and sells, exclusively and under license, super-absorbent anti-infective disposable pads and sheets in many configurations, shapes and sizes to consumers, municipalities and corporate partners. These products are specifically designed to absorb and immobilize large volumes of potentially biohazardous fluids. The patented Quellent Flash-Release IodineTM anti-infective technology incorporated into each pad reduces the infectious bio-burden in these fluids, and gels the fluids, to better protect people who may come in contact with them. As a side benefit, the Quellent technology also reduces noxious odors during the decontamination process. These products are sold under the DriPAD trademark. Quellent is headquartered in Huntington Beach, CA, and its Customer Service Center is in Carlsbad, CA. The company is actively seeking distribution and licensing partners in its key customer markets.

For additional information, please contact Craig Sundheimer, Chief Business Officer at 760-431-9620, or craig@Quellent.com. Please also visit the website at www.Quellent.com.