Originally posted by ADP02
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January 20, 2012
OAKLAND, CALIF. (Jan. 20, 12:10 p.m. ET) — Without specifying what alternative material or materials it will use, managed health-care provider Kaiser Permanente said it will no longer purchase intravenous solution bags made from PVC or that contain the plasticizer DEHP, or IV tubing that contains DEHP.
The company said the switch was part of its continuing effort to better protect “the health and safety” of the 8.9 million people — 73 percent who live in California — who get care at its hospitals, doctors’ offices and health-care facilities.
The transition will take place over the next six months and save Kaiser, which buys 4.9 million IV tubing sets and 9.2 million solution bags annually, almost $5 million a year, the company said.
The switch, announced Jan. 19, is expected to be a boon for material suppliers and medical-device companies that have developed non-PVC and phthalate-free IV bags and tubing over the last several years.
Six years ago, the two companies that control 90 percent of the IV bag market in the U.S. — Hospira Inc. of Lake Forest, Ill., and Baxter International Inc. of Deer Park, Ill. — began selling non-PVC IV bags. It’s estimated that more than 300 million IV bags are used annually in the U.S.
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/...on-pvc-iv-bags
Since 2006, non-PVC IV bags were being sold by the two biggest IV bag corporations.
I believe the fight was in 2015, right moron?
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