|Articles|July 1, 2015

Contec, Inc. Receives Premier, Inc. Award for Operational Excellence

Contec, Inc. announces that it is a winner of Premier, Inc.’s Supplier Legacy Award. Contec, Inc. was recognized for its long-standing support of Premier members through exceptional local customer service and engagement, value creation through clinical excellence and commitment to lower costs.

“We are proud to have partnered with Premier since 2010 and are honored to be a Legacy Award recipient. Our involvement with Premier members and staff has been exceptional, which confirms the need for our products and services. The Contec team works closely with the pharmacy community to improve the compounding environment by identifying and implementing better cleaning and disinfection practices. Through these efforts we strive to contribute to better patient outcomes, lower costs, easing the daily challenges within the pharmacy,” says Rich Harris, Contec Healthcare’s Business Manager.

Contec, Inc. accepted the award at Premier’s 2015 Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition in National Harbor, Md. on June 24.

“Contec has been supporting Premier members for years offering valuable products and services that help to lower supply chain costs and improve operating efficiencies,” says Durral R. Gilbert, president of supply chain services at Premier. “They’ve also supported alliance members during periods of increased need at a local level. We’re honored to recognize them as a Legacy Award recipient.”

Source: Contec, Inc


Related to this article

Infection preventionists in full PPE with children in DRC.  (Image credit: author with AI)
Nearly 4 months into the DRC's Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak, some indicators suggest transmission may be slowing. But shifting hotspots, treatment-center capacity problems, community deaths, and incomplete surveillance data show why national case totals alone cannot determine whether containment has been achieved.
Dyan Troxell, MSN, RN, director of clinical education at HandCraft Linen Services; J.J. Odom, MBA, CHESP, CMIP, T-CHEST, university director of buildings and grounds for UConn Health and chair-elect of the AHE Board; and Jenna Rivers, MPH, CPH, CIC, manager of infection prevention and control at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida.
At AHE Exchange 2026, ICT spoke with experts representing commercial laundry services, EVS, and infection prevention about the systems behind a successful reusable linen program. They discuss linen quality, reject rates, unnecessary waste, frontline education, data, PAR levels, infection prevention oversight, and why strong relationships between health care facilities and their laundry providers matter.