|Articles|January 17, 2012

Hospitals to Benefit from New Premier Agreements for Housekeeping Products

The Premier healthcare alliance announces that new agreements for housekeeping products have been awarded to 3M Company of Saint Paul, Minn.; Diversey, Inc. of Sturtevant, Wis.; Procter & Gamble Distributing, LLC. of Cincinnati; Spartan Chemical Company, Inc. of Maumee, Ohio; and Swisher Hygiene of Charlotte, N.C.

Effective January 1, 2012, the agreements are available to acute-care and continuum-of-care members of Premier.

 


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