Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with New Premier Agreements for Patient Bedside Products

Business Wire, May 26, 2009

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for patient bedside products have been awarded to Medical Action Industries, Inc. of Hauppauge,�N.Y.; Medline Industries of Mundelein,�Ill.; and Vernacare Incorporated of Toronto.

Effective July 1, 2009, 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 2,100 U.S. hospitals and 58,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to improve healthcare quality and affordability. 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. Premier has offices in San Diego, Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Washington.