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Treatment Centers Hospira Inc.

Home Health Care Nestle SA

Physician Office Inverness Medical Innovations Inc.*

* Also Best in Class product category award(s) recipient

The 2008 GHX Best In Class product category award winners were selected based on the highest year-over-year market share growth through the end of 2007.

"We'd like to thank GHX for recognizing Sage Products for our 2007 market share gains in the Patient Care Products major class," said Juliann Salinas, marketing analyst, Sage Products, Inc. "2007 was an exciting year for Sage Products as we saw tremendous market share growth across all of our product lines. Enhanced awareness of hospital-acquired infections and our extraordinary patient care outcomes have increased the demand for Sage's simple, low cost interventions. In 2008, we look to expand and enhance our Interventional Patient Hygiene product offerings to meet the evolving needs of our customers, and we look forward to continuing to utilize GHX's valuable market intelligence to help identify and leverage our market achievements and opportunities."

The product category winners are as follows:

Category Company

Adhesives, Bandages, Dressings & Beiersdorf AG

Sponges

Cardiology/Cardiovascular Vital Signs Inc.

Catheters, Diagnostic & Therapeutic Covidien***

Electromedical Masimo Corp.

Electrosurgical Covidien***

Enteral Feeding & Medical Nutricia North America

Nutritionals

Gloves Ansell Healthcare

Hazardous Waste Control Stryker Corp.

Heat/Cold Therapy DJO Inc.

Hematology/Coagulation Inverness Medical Innovations Inc.**

Reagents/Supplies

Immunology Reagents/Supplies I
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