Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Benefit from New Premier Agreements for Tracheostomy Tubes and Related Products

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Premier healthcare alliance today announced new agreements for tracheostomy tubes and related products have been awarded to Marpac Inc., a veteran owned business, of Albuquerque, N.M.; Covidien of Mansfield, Mass.; Pepper Medical, a women owned business, of West Chester, Pa.; and Smiths Medical ASD Inc. of Norwell, Mass.

Effective January 1, 2013, the agreements are available to acute care and continuum of care members of Premier.

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