Medegen Medical Products, an Inteplast Group company and manufacturer and seller of patient-care, laboratory and medical products, has been awarded a five-year NOVAPLUS contract for specialty bags by Novation.
Medegen Medical Products' parent company, Inteplast Group, is the home of Minigrip and Lab Guard, both recognized brands and market leaders in reclosable packaging technology.
Through the agreement, effective February 1, 2016, Novation's NOVAPLUS product portfolio will include specialty bags with the features found in Lab Guard Reclosable Specimen Bags with TearZone EZ-Open Feature and cost-saving destroyable biohazard symbol; Lab Guard Reclosable Chemotherapy Bags; Speci-Gard Adhesive Closure Specimen Bags; Medegen Patient Belonging and Setup Bags; and Minigrip Reloc-Zippit zip bags.
NOVAPLUS is Novation's private-label brand for commodity products used by providers. The NOVAPLUS portfolio offers Novation membership the best contract value and quality on a broad range of anesthesia, diagnostic imaging, medical, orthopedics, pharmaceutical, respiratory and surgical products.
Charles Kelly, president and general manager, Medegen Medical Products, says, "We are excited to be the provider of specialty bags for the NOVAPLUS brand. Members Novation serves will have access to a broad range of specimen transport bags, patient belonging bags and other specialty bags. By integrating Minigrip's high quality and proprietary technology into this product offering, we have significantly reduced overall costs for members."
With this contract Medegen Medical Products becomes the second Inteplast Group company to supply the NOVAPLUS brand. Pitt Plastics, an Inteplast Group company, is the supplier for Novation's NOVAPLUS can liners.
