Posted on: Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 09:01 CDT Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for invasive hemodynamic monitoring products and accessories have been awarded to Edwards Lifesciences LLC of Irvine, Calif.; Hospira Worldwide Inc. of Lake Forest, Ill.; and Pulsion Medical Inc. East Brunswick, N.J., a small business enterprise. The new portfolio combines the two former categories: thermodilution catheters and introducers and pressure monitoring transducers. The 36-month agreements, effective July 1, 2008 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 Serving more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals and 53,000-plus other healthcare sites, the Premier healthcare alliance and its members are...
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