Northfield, Ill.-based Medline recently announced two new partnership agreements with Applied Silver and Premier.
Medline is now the exclusive distributor of Applied Silver's SilvaClean laundry service to healthcare facilities in the U.S. and Canada, the company announced Oct. 18 . The Environmental Protection Agency approved the public health claims for SilvaCean to reduce post-laundry contamination, actively fighting against Staphylococcus aureus six hours after contact and Klebsiella pneumoniae three hours after of contact.
Medline announced Oct. 22 it also secured a three-year group purchasing distribution for lab distribution services with Premier, effective Jan. 1. The partnership gives Premier members special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by the lab distributor services.
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