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Devices Group Purchasing

 News Release - September 25, 2007

Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with Premier's Skin Closure, Dressing and Tape Agreements

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(HSMN NewsFeed)--Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced agreements in new three categories including adhesive skin closures, tape products and cohesive bandages, and transparent dressings have been awarded to 3M of St. Paul, Minn.


These new agreements, effective October 1, 2007, offer discounted pricing on skin closure, dressing, and tape products to all acute and continuum of care members of the Premier alliance.

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

Serving 1,700 hospitals and more than 47,000 other healthcare sites, Premier 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., Philadelphia and Washington. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com.


Source: Premier Purchasing

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