Precept Medical Products, Inc. honored by Premier Healthcare Alliance for Exceptional Supplier Performance

Arden, North Carolina, 2009 - Precept today announced that it is a winner of the fourth annual Pinnacle Award, presented by Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, the group purchasing unit of the Premier healthcare alliance.

Premier contracts with more than 800 suppliers and Precept is one of 19 contracted suppliers to receive the Pinnacle Award. Winners are recognized for their outstanding management of Premier agreements and drive toward the mutual goal of providing clinical and financial value to the not-for-profit hospitals that are members of the Premier alliance.

 QUOTE from winner  “Precept is very honored to be a Pinnacle Award winner for 2009. Our goal the past few years has been to improve our overall performance as a supplier to achieve this level of recognition. Moving forward, we will strive to maintain this performance status and to continue to grow our partnership with Premier,” stated Michael Boyd, President, Precept Medical Products, Inc, supplier of Medical Face Masks to Premier’s membership.

Michael Boyd, President accepted the award at the 2009 Premier Annual Breakthroughs Conference & Exhibition in Anaheim, Calif. The award ceremony was held at The Anaheim Convention Center on Wednesday, June 17.

“Premier is pleased to recognize our top performing suppliers with the Pinnacle Award, which honors our valued suppliers that strive for collaboration and performance excellence to the benefit of the alliance, ” said Premier Purchasing Partners President Mike Alkire.

Premier’s Pinnacle Award is intended to reward Premier’s contracted suppliers that support attainment of mutual goals, drive contract utilization and are committed to performance improvement.

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

About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
The Premier healthcare alliance is more than 2,100 U.S. hospitals and 58,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to improve healthcare quality and affordability. 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. Premier has offices in San Diego, Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Washington.

About Precept Medical Products, Inc.

 For over 30 years, Precept has manufactured a complete line of Protective Apparel, including surgical and procedure facial masks, isolation gowns, scrubs, lab coats, coveralls, headwear, cold therapy products, and shoe covers. Precept’s products offer Infection Control Solutions to the needs and concerns of healthcare providers faced with a variety of patient, staff, and environmental challenges. For additional information, please visit www.preceptmed.com.