MedAssets Supply Chain Systems Awards Contract to SPSmedical
Rush, N.Y.-based SPSmedical Supply Corp. has signed a multi-year agreement with MedAssets Supply Chain Systems for sterilization assurance products. Effective Jan. 1, 2007, SPSmedical will deliver a comprehensive line of biological indicators, chemical indicators, integrators, bowie dick test packs, and packaging products to MedAssets Supply Chain Systems customers nationwide.
An advocate of patient safety and continuing education, SPSmedical offers a variety of accredited self-study educational programs and awards monthly central service certification scholarships to technicians and managers. SPSmedical is the largest sterilizer testing laboratory in North America and was voted to the "Top 100 Companies in Rochester" in 2006.
Source: SPSmedical Supply Corp.
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