Health Trust Purchasing Group Awards Contract for Ruhof Chemicals
Health Trust Purchasing Group of Brentwood, Tenn. has awarded an agreement to Ruhof Healthcare of Mineola, N.Y. for its chemicals used in the cleaning of surgical instruments and endoscopes.
Included in this award are Ruhofs new Endozime®Bio-Clean and Endozime®XP Multi-Tiered Enzymatic Detergents along with the company's complete line of enzymatic detergents, enzymatic foam sprays, lubricants, rust and stain removers and autoclave cleaners. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Source: Ruhof Healthcare
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