Ecologically Sound Medical Service

Abbott Hematology - Diagnostics Division is a part of Abbot Laboratory, which is a health care company that discovers new medicines and technologies. The company operates sales, manufacturing, distribution, and research and development facilities throughout the world. Operational for more than 120 years, it provides a range of nutritional products and medical devices. Abbot Laboratory also offers pharmaceutical therapy solutions. It works with a team of over 72,000 employees. The company specializes in the areas of anesthesia, immunology, oncology, neuroscience, diagnostics, hematology and medical nutrition. Abbot Laboratory provides products that include Azmacort, Biaxin, Depakote, Humira, Lupron, Niaspan, Norvir and Omnicef.

From 2001 to 2005, InformationWeek magazine ranked Owens & Minor number one in the health care sector in its annual survey of the nation's top 500 technology solutions leaders. Owens & Minor is a leading distributor of name-brand medical and surgical supplies and a health care supply chain management company. With a diverse product and service offering, the company serves more than 4,000 acute care hospitals, integrated health care systems and alternate care locations. It also supplies group purchasing organizations, government agencies and consumers. Owens & Minor provides technology and consulting programs that enable health care providers to maximize efficiency and cost effectiveness in materials purchasing, improve inventory management and streamline logistics across the entire medical supply chain. Owens & Minor is a publicly traded, Fortune 500 company, headquartered in Richmond, Va. It has distribution centers throughout the United States, including Lathrop, Calif.