CHATSWORTH, Calif., July 12, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IRIS International, Inc. (Nasdaq:IRIS), a leading manufacturer of urinalysis systems and consumables for use in hospitals and commercial laboratories worldwide, today announced that its Iris Diagnostics Division has signed a new three-year supply agreement with Premier Purchasing Partners LP, the group purchasing unit of Premier, Inc., one of the nation’s largest healthcare alliances, representing more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 67,000 other healthcare sites. The new contract, effective August 1, 2010 through July 31, 2013, is for Iris’s full urinalysis product line including the iQ(R)200 Series Automated Urinalysis Systems, consumables and reagents, and Annual Service Agreements.
