Tennant Company Selected by the Premier Healthcare Alliance

Recognized for Its Commitment to Healthcare Quality Improvement, Innovation

  When you think about healthcare, you may not necessarily think about cleaning products.  However, healthcare facilities require some of the most stringent cleaning guidelines.  For a cleaning supplier to be recognized by the healthcare industry is no small feat.  Tennant Company, a world-wide environmental cleaning solutions provider, has accomplished just that.  The company was recently selected to participate in an annual event hosted by Premier healthcare alliance which consists of 2,100 U.S. hospitals and 58,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to improve healthcare quality and affordability.  The event celebrates advances in healthcare, while highlighting healthcare industry suppliers committed to innovation and improving patient outcomes.

Premier’s Innovation Celebration highlights innovative solutions that bring a positive impact to healthcare delivery. The inaugural event showcased 26 products from 24 of Premier’s 800 contracted suppliers. The showcased products, which included Tennant Company’s ec-H2O™ technology, were selected by a cross-functional team of Premier alliance members and staff, including clinical product planners, clinical field specialists, pharmacists, supply chain professionals, materials management experts, and nurses.

“We are proud to have been recognized by the Premier healthcare alliance for our innovative ec-H2O technology, which is helping keep patients’ and healthcare workers’ facilities clean and safe by eliminating the need for cleaning chemicals. This recognition further validates Tennant Company’s commitment to creating a cleaner, safer world,” said Jeffery Buysse, director of Channel Development for Tennant Company.

Tennant Company’s ec-H2O™ technology, developed by Tennant researchers and engineers was named by R&D Magazine as one of the most technologically significant developments in 2008. The ec-H2O technology cleans without the negative environmental and health concerns associated with producing, packaging, transporting, using and disposing of traditional cleaning chemicals.

“The Innovation Celebration is a unique opportunity to unveil revolutionary concepts and developments in the healthcare industry,” said Mike Alkire, president of Premier Purchasing Partners. “Similar to the Premier alliance, these suppliers are committed to innovation that leads to improved quality and reduced costs, and we’re happy to showcase their efforts to our alliance members.”

Innovation Celebration participants were featured on June 16 at the 2009 Premier Annual Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition in Anaheim, Calif. Basic criteria for selection included solutions that displayed uniqueness, as well as solutions that have an impact on an unmet medical need.