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Hill-Rom Selects NanoHorizons to Provide Antimicrobial Protection for Hill-Rom Products Using Nanotechnology
Date:3/6/2008

New relationship between NanoHorizons and Hill-Rom delivers patient support

systems enhanced with revolutionary antimicrobial technology

BATESVILLE, Ind., March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hill-Rom and NanoHorizons, Inc. today announced an agreement to incorporate NanoHorizon's antimicrobial technology into Hill-Rom's patient support surfaces. This technology, to be branded as "nanoAg+ (TM) with SmartSilver(TM)", will bring new levels of protection against institutionally-borne pathogens.

Hill-Rom, the medical technology subsidiary of Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HB), is a leading worldwide manufacturer and provider of medical technologies and related services for the health care industry. NanoHorizons, a leader in the field of advanced nanomaterials, engineers and delivers permanent antimicrobial solutions under the SmartSilver(TM) brand.

"Our relationship with NanoHorizons is a natural next step in Hill-Rom's commitment to leveraging and integrating differentiated external technologies to help deliver enhanced outcomes for patients and their caregivers," said Peter Soderberg, president and CEO of Hillenbrand Industries and Hill-Rom. "Caregivers and health care administrators are looking for solutions on how they can prevent health care-associated infections. We anticipate that our relationship with NanoHorizons will yield a comprehensive portfolio of products with built-in, long-lasting antimicrobial protection. Given how important this issue is for the health care industry, we aim to offer a nanoAg+ with SmartSilver option on all of our preventative and therapeutic surface products by the end of 2009."

Infection control is one of the critical issues in health care today. In its 2003 Guidelines for
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