Qlicksmart’s Golden Scalpel Awards were established to recognise the exceptional efforts of our distribution partners throughout the year and across the world. Winners of this award have exemplified growth in their market, a collaborative spirit, and commitment towards improving the safety and staff and patients through the Qlicksmart devices, education and advocacy work.
The year 2023 showcased remarkable progress in expanding Qlicksmart’s device presence across diverse markets, with a strong emphasis on fostering customer relationships and advancing safety education. 2023 winners demonstrated sustained success through their committed dedication to customer relationships. They actively promoted Qlicksmart’s devices across various markets, employing diverse sales strategies and promotions. Notably, they have navigated market challenges and resistance to change by consistently advocating for sharps safety education.
Without further ado, let’s celebrate these winners!
Best Overall Distributor of 2023
Medline Assembly Australia Pty Ltd
The Dr Neville Henry AM Golden Scalpel Award is presented to our Best Overall Distributor of the Year, recognising their exceptional work in improving staff safety in healthcare. We are pleased to announce Medline as our winner for 2023, improving staff safety across numerous Operating Theatres in Australia!
Several members of the Medline team have provided instrumental collaboration with Qlicksmart’s initial efforts to raise awareness of the updated Australian standards, targeting their own contacts within circles of clinical educators. This work has paid dividends as Medline have more than tripled their sales of the single-use scalpel blade removal range from 2022.
Newcomer of the Year 2023 Award
Inter-Lab Pty Ltd – China
Inter-Lab is a new addition to Qlicksmart’’s global distribution network in 2023. Since first making contact, they have demonstrated a pro-active approach and enthusiasm for introducing the Qlicksmart devices to hospitals in China. They have truly hit the ground running with their promising business strategy, and extensive, behind-the-scenes preparation for introducing a novel device to a new market. With their close contact with doctors and nurses in China, they have also received thoughtful questions and feedback from the market, and conducted thorough market research. We look forward to seeing what Inter-Lab can achieve, and how this partnership progresses in 2024 and the years beyond!
2023 Regional Distributor – Australia
Bosco Medical
A long time collaborative partner of Qlicksmart, Bosco’s team have completed more than 40 educational sessions and in-services at hospitals across Australia in 2023. These in-services have included major, metropolitan locations with several hundreds of staff whose training took multiple days, as well as smaller, regional facilities requiring hours of travelling to reach.
2023 Regional Distributor Award – Asia
Steriline Sdn Bhd – Malaysia
Steriline- our distribution partner in Malaysia since 2006, has consistently demonstrated their reliability and hard work over the years. Previously a winner of the Excellence Throughout COVID-19 Award in 2020, Steriline have managed to retain their loyal customer base while also doubling their sales of Qlicksmart products in 2022 and 2023. In addition, Steriline continues to increase the visibility of Qlicksmart devices by attending tradeshows and conducting regular in-services, selling to all private hospitals across Malaysia, and collaborating with Qlicksmart to promote sharps safety guidelines and compliance.
2023 Regional Distributor – Europe
Cresmed Hospital s.r.l. – Italy
Cresmed Hospital Srl in Italy have continued to impress with their determination, resilience, and expertise. 2023 has been a challenging year for distributors of medical devices in Italy, with the activation of a government scheme greatly disadvantaging companies supplying, or that have previously supplied, devices to public hospitals. Despite this, Cresmed have carried on business as usual to the best of their ability, continuing to service their customers/hospitals, and even expand to new territories.
2023 Regional Distributor Award – Americas
Medviz SA – Mexico
We recognise Medviz S.A. with a second and consecutive Golden Scalpel Award for their tireless efforts to improve staff and patient safety in Mexico. Since late 2022, Medviz have been collaborating closely with the team at Qlicksmart to bring about the creation of Mexican guidelines
for sharps safety.