This includes ON-Q PainBuster, ON-Q SilverSoaker antimicrobial catheter with SilvaGard and ON-Q C-bloc. The agreement will be in effect from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2011.
Donald Earhart, president and CEO of I-Flow, said: “I-Flow’s agreement with HealthTrust will help the group purchasing organization’s member organizations optimize post-surgical care for their patients by offering them better pain control after surgery while significantly reducing patients’ narcotic intake.
“We believe that ON-Q will also become an important part of surgical site infection prevention as facilities nationwide become financially responsible for select hospital-acquired conditions that Centers for Medicare & Medicaid will no longer pay for starting on October 1, 2008.”