CORRECTING and REPLACING Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Benefit with New Premier Agreement for Tracheostomy Tubes

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First graph, first sentence of release dated Feb. 23, 2010, should read: Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced Nellcor Puritan Bennett, doing business as Covidien, of Mansfield, Mass... (sted Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced Nellcor Puritan Bennett of Mansfield, Mass...)

The corrected release reads:

HOSPITALS, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO BENEFIT WITH NEW PREMIER AGREEMENT FOR TRACHEOSTOMY TUBES

Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced Nellcor Puritan Bennett, doing business as Covidien, of Mansfield, Mass., has been added to the Tracheostomy Tubes and Related Products category.

Effective January 1, 2010, the agreement is available to acute care and continuum of care members of the Premier healthcare alliance.

About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient

The Premier healthcare alliance is more than 2,200 U.S. hospitals and 63,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to improve healthcare quality and affordability. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier maintains the nation's most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network. A world leader in helping deliver measurable improvements in care, Premier works with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West to improve hospital performance. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has offices in San Diego, Philadelphia and Washington. Follow Premier on Twitter.