CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 21, 2007) – Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for exam and surgeon gloves.
Agreements for exam gloves have been awarded to Ansell Healthcare Products of Red Bank, N.J.; Cardinal Health Medical Products and Services of McGaw Park, Ill.; Cypress Medical Products of McHenry, Ill.; Digitcare Inc. of Los Angeles, Calif.; Kimberly-Clark Global Sales of Roswell, Ga.; Medgluv Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Medline Industries of Mundelein, Ill.; and Sempermed USA Inc. of Clearwater, Fla.
Agreements for surgeon gloves have been awarded to Ansell Healthcare Products of Red Bank, N.J.; Cardinal Health Medical Products and Services of McGaw Park, Ill.; Medline Industries of Mundelein, Ill.; Molnlycke Health Care of Norcross, Ga.
The 36-month agreements, effective May 1, 2007, offer savings to acute-care and continuum-of-care members of the Premier alliance.
About Premier, 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
Serving 1,700 hospitals and almost 45,000 other healthcare sites, Premier Inc. is the largest healthcare alliance in the United States dedicated to improving patient outcomes while safely reducing the cost of care. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier operates the nation’s largest healthcare purchasing network, the most comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information and one of the largest policy-holder owned, hospital professional liability risk-retention groups in healthcare. Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C. and Washington. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com.
CONTACT:
Hunter Kome, Premier Inc.
704.733.5698 or hunter_kome@premierinc.com
