SHD has announced two three-year agreements with Novation as the sole source for urine chemistry, combined urine chemistry and microscopy systems, and for microbiology systems and panels.
Novation serves the purchasing needs of nearly 25,000 VHA and University Health System Consortium (UHC) member organisations, and 5,500 Provista members, covering 28,000 US sites.
The members served by Novation have access to a complete line of Siemens products, including chemistry, immunochemistry, integrated systems, automation solutions, hemostasis, molecular, hematology, and the urinalysis and microbiology systems and tests.
The contracts, effective 1 August 2010 for urinalysis and 1 November 2010 for microbiology, provide access to the Clinitek and Microscan ranges of products.
