Health Care Groups Go for Cage-Free Food Ops

SAN FRANCISCO — In an effort to practice social responsibility, a team of San Francisco Bay Area hospitals recently secured a contract for certified-humane, cage-free eggs from Wilcox Farms through U.S. Foodservice, a major food distributors serving the health care sector.

The University of California San Francisco Medical Center and John Muir Health are now purchasing 100 percent of their liquid eggs from Wilcox Farms — eggs that are pre-separated from their shells and constitute the majority of hospital egg purchases.

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Surgical Technology Partnership to Create State-of-the-Art Cardiac Labs

MENTOR, Ohio — Steris Corp., a provider of surgical support and technology, announced a collaboration with St. Jude Medical Inc., a global medical device manufacturer, to plan and implement advanced cardiac laboratories for health care providers in the U.S.

The labs will feature technologies across the cardiovascular service line designed to help hospitals and clinics develop state-of-the-art laboratories that meet their changing clinical needs.

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