Smiths Medical Awarded National Contract With HealthTrust Purchasing Group
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smiths Medical, part of the global technology business, Smiths Group, announced today that it has been awarded a multi year contract with HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HealthTrust) to provide its Medfusion™ Syringe Infusion System and CADD® Ambulatory Infusion Systems to HealthTrust's over 1400 acute care hospitals and 3,000 alternate care members in the United States.
"We are thrilled that our infusion systems will now be available to HealthTrust member facilities," said Jim Stitt, President of Smiths Medical MD, Inc. in St. Paul, MN, "and we look forward to their members benefiting from our safe, reliable products to help meet the individual needs of their patients."
The easy-to-use and easy-to-learn Medfusion™ 3500 Syringe Pump with PharmGuard® Medication Safety Software provides hospital clinicians with the ability to customize it to their institution's practices. Its innovations in syringe recognition, drug libraries, and programmable safety limits are designed to improve safety for clinicians and their patients.
The small, lightweight CADD-Prizm® PCS II Ambulatory Infusion System allows hospitals to standardize on one pain management system, enhancing clinician familiarity, patient safety, and hospital efficiency. Its medication safety software allows clinicians to configure the system with standard hospital protocols to minimize pump programming errors and time. Clinicians can easily differentiate epidural infusions by configuring the system with a yellow pump keypad, medication cassette reservoir, tubing set, or lockbox.
The portable CADD-Legacy® PCA pump, with exclusive CADD® Medication Cassette Reservoirs, is a safe, reliable, and easy-to-use system that minimizes the impact of pain therapy on normal life at home while enhancing patient satisfaction and treatment outcomes.
About HPG
HealthTrust Purchasing Group, headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, is a group purchasing organization that supports over 1400 not-for-profit and for-profit acute care facilities, as well as ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices, and alternate care sites. With an annual purchasing volume by its members of more than $13 billion, HealthTrust is committed to obtaining the best price for clinically-recommended products, ensuring their timely delivery and continuously evaluating and improving its services to the patients, physicians and clinicians it serves. HealthTrust is located at 155 Franklin Road, Suite 400, Brentwood, TN 37027 Website: www.healthtrustpg.com.
About Smiths Medical
Smiths Medical is a leading supplier of high-quality medical devices and products for global markets. It designs and manufactures specialist medical devices in three key areas: Safety Devices, Vital Care and Medication Delivery. Smiths Medical's customers include hospitals, alternate care such as home care, and other healthcare providers worldwide. Smiths Medical is part of the global technology business Smiths Group, a world leader in the practical application of advanced technologies. Smiths is a global technology company listed on the London Stock Exchange. For further information, visit www.smiths-medical.com.
About Smiths Group
Smiths is a global technology company listed on the London Stock Exchange. A world leader in the practical application of advanced technologies, Smiths Group delivers products and services for the threat & contraband detection, medical devices, energy and communications markets worldwide. Our products and services make the world safer, healthier and more productive. Smiths Group employs more than 20,000 people in over 50 countries. For more information, visit www.smiths.com
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