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Premier Purchasing Partners Awards Contract to Inviro Medical Devices
ATLANTA – April 30, 2007 – Inviro Medical Devices
today announced that it has entered into a new agreement with Premier
Purchasing Partners, LP that provides members of the Premier alliance
access to Inviro’s extensive portfolio of InviroSNAP!® Safety Syringe
products. The agreement was awarded as part of Premier’s Technology
Breakthroughs Program and starts May 1, 2007.
“Premier’s process for assessing new technologies is thorough,
rigorous and demanding,” says Jim Charlesworth, senior vice president
of sales for Inviro Medical Devices. “We are delighted, but not
surprised, that our InviroSNAP! products have successfully passed
through this process, and we look forward to presenting our
comprehensive range of safety syringes to Premier members.”
“The contract with Premier may help to further enhance our market
position as we aggressively roll out the Inviro Safety System in the
U.S. and Canada,” says Gareth Clarke, chief executive officer of Inviro
Medical Devices. “As the second major GPO contract we have secured
during 2007, this agreement represents yet another significant
milestone for our company. It is a clear recognition that we offer
healthcare facilities a unique alternative to their existing safety
syringe technology.”
Inviro Medical Devices engineers and markets safe medication
delivery systems, including the patented InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe.
After years of research to develop patents and refine product designs,
the company is addressing the growing $1.6 billion safety syringe
market and introducing its breakthrough infection control technology in
North America to help address employee and patient safety
concerns.
The company’s flagship product, the innovative SNAP! Safety Syringe,
is a manually retractable safety syringe that provides distinct
protection and performance advantages:
- While most safety syringes are retro-fitted using add-on
pieces, this device is uniquely engineered with the safety feature
integral to the design.
- It looks and functions like a traditional syringe and is easy to use.
- After
using standard technique to administer a medication dose, the clinician
pulls the plunger back, causing the needle to retract inside the
barrel. The plunger is then snapped off, permanently disabling the
device.
The InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe is available in fixed needle and
exchangeable needle configurations, both featuring the same “Push,
Pull, SNAP!” safety system.
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About Premier, 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Recipient
Serving 1,700 hospitals and nearly 45,000 other healthcare sites,
Premier Inc. 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., and Washington D.C. For more
information, visit www.premierinc.com.
About Inviro Medical Devices
Founded in 1988, Inviro Medical Devices engineers and markets safe
medication delivery systems, including the patented InviroSNAP! Safety
Syringe. After years of research to develop its patents and refine its
product designs, the company is addressing the growing $1.6 billion
safety syringe market and introducing its breakthrough infection
control technology in North America. Headquartered in Atlanta, Inviro
Medical Devices is becoming a leading industry champion in the quest to
increase infection control awareness and to protect healthcare workers,
patients and the environment with innovative medical devices. For more
information, visit www.inviromedical.com.