


Healthcare Industry News: B. Braun
News Release - January 24, 2007
Hospitals and Other Healthcare Providers to Save with Premier's Regional Anesthesia Tray Agreements
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(HSMN NewsFeed)--Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for regional anesthesia trays -- used to provide supplies for spinal and epidural pain management and anesthesia -- have been awarded to Smiths Medical ASD Inc. of Keene, N.H., and B. Braun Medical Inc. of Bethlehem, Pa.These 36-month agreements, effective February 1, 2007, offer improved pricing 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 more than 43,000 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.
Source: Premier Purchasing
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