Precept Medical Products Honored by Premier Healthcare Alliance for Exceeding Performance Expectations

Arden , North Carolina , June 12, 2008 – Precept Medical Products today announced that it is a winner of a Premier Performance Award, presented by the Premier healthcare alliance’s Purchasing Partners unit.

Precept is one of 54 of more than 800 Premier contracted suppliers to receive the Performance Award, which recognizes the efforts of contracted suppliers to meet or exceed Premier members’ service expectations.

 “Precept is very honored to be recognized by Premier for the Supplier Performance Award. The partnership we have with Premier has helped us improve our overall performance as a supplier. We look forward to continued improvement and strive to achieve Premier’s Pinnacle level of performance in the future,” stated Michael Boyd, President, Precept Medical Products, Inc.

Mr. Boyd accepted the award at the 2008 Premier Annual Breakthroughs Conference & Exhibition in Nashville, Tenn. The award ceremony was held on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry and featured a special presentation from country music legend Naomi Judd.

“Premier’s Performance Award honors top performing suppliers that understand the importance of collaboration and striving for performance excellence,” said Premier Purchasing Partners President Mike Alkire. “We’re happy to recognize these companies as we work together to improve the healthcare of our communities.”

In selecting recipients, satisfaction and performance data are collected and scored over four successive calendar quarters. Feedback is provided during regular supplier business line reviews. Organizations scoring 80 percent or higher earn the Performance Award.

For more information, please visit: www.premierinc.com/about/news/awards/index.jsp .

About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
Serving more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals and 50,000 other healthcare sites, the Premier healthcare alliance and its members are transforming healthcare together. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier operates one of the leading healthcare purchasing networks and the nation's most comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information. A subsidiary operates one of the nation's largest policy-holder owned, hospital professional liability risk-retention groups. A world leader in helping healthcare providers deliver dramatic improvements in care, Premier is working with the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to improve hospital performance. Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Washington. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com .

About Precept Medical Products, Inc. F or over 30 years, Precept has m anufactured a complete line of Protective Apparel, including surgical and procedure facial masks, isolation gowns, scrubs, lab coats, coveralls, headwear and shoe covers. Precept’s products offer solutions to the needs and concerns of healthcare providers faced with a var iety of patient, staff, and environmental challenges. Precept also manufactures a full line of surgical gowns, drapes, and surgical packs. For additional information, please visit www.preceptmed.com