Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with New Premier Agreements for Bedside Procedure Trays and Needles

February 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment

CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(Business Wire)–
Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, announced today that new agreements for bedside
procedure trays and needles have been awarded to Busse Hospital Disposables of
Hauppauge, N.Y., a veteran owned small business enterprise; CareFusion 2200 Inc.
of San Diego; and Covidien of Mansfield, Mass.

Effective February 1, 2010, the agreements are available to acute care and
continuum of care members of the Premier healthcare alliance.

About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient

The Premier healthcare alliance is more than 2,200 U.S. hospitals and
63,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to improve healthcare
quality and affordability. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier maintains
the nation’s most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes
information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network. A world leader
in helping deliver measurable improvements in care, Premier works with the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom’s National
Health Service North West to improve hospital performance. Headquartered in
Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has offices in San Diego, Philadelphia and
Washington. Follow Premier on Twitter.

Premier Inc.
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