Support garments used post-surgery covered in Amerinet deal with BSN-Jobst.(Group Purchasing)(Brief Article)

Hospital Materials Management, April, 2005

Amerinet, St. Louis, awarded a new contract to BSN-Jobst USA, a division of BSN Medical, for surgical support garments.

The deal took effect in February and runs for three years.

Among covered items are surgical vests, abdominal binders, facioplasty elastics supports and plastic surgery girdles. Discounts were not disclosed but an Amerinet statement termed them "outstanding."

BSN medical was formed in 2001 as a joint venture of Beiersdorf AG, Hamburg, and Smith & Nephew PLC, London, to focus on selected product categories.

The company manufactures orthopedic, phlebology and wound care products.