Cardinal Health™ Protexis® Surgical GlovesLeading clinical change in the OR

“Yes, for the product line’s quality and variety, and for

Cardinal Health’s ability to reduce the number of

gloves on our shelves.”—Jeremy Daugherty, Perioperative Management,

Mount Carmel West Hospital, Columbus, OH

“Absolutely.”—Wendy Ferro Grant, Executive Director,

Providence St. Joseph Health (St. Joseph Health System)

“Yes. We wear Cardinal Health™ Protexis®

gloves and want to keep it this way!”

—Cindy Merritt, RN, Duke University, Durham, NC

“Yes, absolutely. Cardinal Health handled all roll out and education during the conversion. It went off without a hitch!”

—Rich Kraft, Supply Chain Management, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY

Would you recommend Cardinal Health™ Protexis® surgical gloves?

As the U.S. synthetic surgical glove leader1, we’ve helped take more ORs latex-free than any of our competitors.

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When surveyed2, our customers expressed the top 3 reasons they chose Cardinal Health as their clinical change management partner:

The quality of Cardinal Health™ Protexis® surgical gloves

The assistance Cardinal Health provides throughout the conversion process

The ongoing support and clinical education Cardinal Health provides to their staff3

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Additionally, 79 percent of our customer respondents expressed that their institution SAVED MONEY after partnering with Cardinal Health to remove latex surgical gloves from their OR.

“The Cardinal Health team made the conversion seamless.”

—Kathleen Law, VP of Nursing, Perioperative Services, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA

“Removing latex gloves from our facilities with Cardinal Health improved efficiency since we do not have to worry about which glove to pick.”

— Marcia Herron, Perioperative Management, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

“Cardinal Health was very helpful with the conversion and assisted in every way possible.”

— Supply Chain Manager, S&P 500 Healthcare Enterprise System

“Partnering with Cardinal Health gives our clinicians peace of mind. There’s reassurance in the common goal of providing a safe patient environment and delivering evidence-based patient care.”

— Marcia Carmencita Duffy, RN, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL

1GHX units, all channels, Q3, 20172 TechValidate survey of Cardinal Health Surgical Gloves customers. December 2017. Testimonials and facts validated by TechValidate by SurveyMonkey team.

Customer featuresClinically focused surgical gloves conversions with Cardinal Health

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Academic research institution

>50%SKU reduction across

the health system

50 ORsMore than

We assembled champions from perioperative leadership, staff surgeons and the infection prevention team at the health system to successfully drive this initiative through the value analysis process. Cardinal Health Medical Surgical Products Representative

The Cardinal Health team provided excellent customer service and assistance with the conversion. Head of Perioperative Services, MD

Cardinal Health partnered early and often with our customer to identify champions, to establish expectations and to create a detailed implementation plan centered around improving staff and patient safety through a latex-free initiative. Cardinal Health Key Account Director

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Multi-location regional health system

30%SKU reduction across

hospitals

70 ORs

The use of educational tools around clinical best practices like double-gloving and latex-free were key to gaining staff buy-in. Having clinical champions as partners to help reinforce the safety benefits of going latex-free helped with speed to impact. Cardinal Health Medical Surgical Products Representative

The education and consistency provided by the Cardinal Health gloves team during conversion helped to garner staff and physician buy in. I would absolutely recommend partnering with Cardinal Health on a clinical change. Director, Perioperative services

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Large nonprofit health system

>60%SKU reduction across

the health system

We want to recognize the Cardinal Health team for their exceptional performance and collaboration in our journey to move to latex-free surgical gloves. Cardinal Health’s on-site and system-wide office support during this conversion has exceeded our expectations. Director of Clinical Value Analysis

This effort really shows how improvements in patient and staff safety and reductions in clinical variation can be simultaneously achieved. Surgical Services Medical Director, MD

I just want to thank the Cardinal Health team for all the hard work you did to make the conversion go smoothly. Thanks!! Clinical Resource Coordinator, RN

Cultivating clinical champions across perioperative leadership, the value

analysis committee, surgeon and nurse clinician groups, and

supply chain to design and implement a latex-free initiative

Providing sizing days, in-services and staff focused latex safety

education throughout the trial and conversion

process

Focusing on the OR for initial implementation

and proved success before scaling to other

departments like the Cath Lab and L&D

Maintaining excellent collaboration and communication between vendor product sales, clinical

support and marketing teams and customer clinical, administrative

and supply chain teams.

Best Demonstrated Practices: Clinical Change Management

Taking our OR to a non-latex environment has been one of the most valued product decisions our team has made. Cardinal Health approached me with the proposal and provided all the support, data, financials and education needed to make this a successful conversion. Operations Manager, Perioperative

>500 ORs