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Surgical Services Contract Crib Sheet

June 13, 2011 through June 27, 2011

Our contract crib sheets are a checklist of recent clinical contract announcements from Premier. For more detail and archived Crib Sheets go to or refer to Supply Chain Advisor at .

Surgical Services Recall – announcement that Ansell Healthcare announced a voluntary recall of 5,881 cases of their Encore Underglove Surgical Glove, PP-OR-626. These gloves were manufactured February 2008 through May 2011. This recall is due to the fact that these gloves have a reduced shelf life of 2 years from date of manufacture.

Surgical Services – announcement that I-Flow announced product part number and labeling changes as the company transitions to a new system. This change affects ON-Q products available, PP-OR-746. I-Flow is not changing the current product name/model number. Only the product part numbers are changing. The transition began June 1, 2011 and completion is expected by June 30, 2011. There is absolutely no change to the I-Flow products themselves, only the part number and labeling.

Surgical Services – announcement of new agreements for Neurosurgical products. These products are utilized during neurosurgery procedures including craniotomies and shunt placement.

Effective September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2014

|Supplier |New Contract |Expiring Contract |

|Aesculap |PP-OR-758 |PP-OR-479 |

|EV3 |PP-OR-762 |PP-OR-480 |

|(Covidien) | | |

|Integra |PP-OR-759 |PP-OR-478 |

|Misonix |PP-OR-760 |New |

|Stryker |PP-OR-761 |New |

Savings - Below are a few of Premier’s Impact agreements that are providing large dollar and/or percentage savings repeatedly for Premier’s membership and are singled out by Premier members and staff as agreements that have shifted market and minds.

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