I have a new medical product that I want to distribute in the USA,
starting in New Orleans. The product is a sterilisable dish used in
operating theatres. I want to find out the medical equipment suppliers
used by major hospitals in New Orleans, which might be interested in
carrying my product.

A useful answer will be along the lines of:
"The major surgical hospitals in New Orleans are as follows. They
purchase their operating room supplies from these companies. Here are
contact details for the hospitals' supply departments and for the
medical supply companies I have identified."

I am looking for a total of at least four medical supply companies and
the major hospitals they supply. I am most interested in the companies
which supply more than one hospital.

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Clarification of Question by aussie-ga on 08 Jun 2003 22:53 PDT

To clarify: I need people who supply things like trays, scalpels,
gowns and so forth, not large items like MRI machines.

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 09 Jun 2003 12:04 PDT

Hello -

I have found 3 companies that supply the majority of hospitals in the
area.  Getting an exact list of the hospitals has proven to be very
difficult, if not impossible, since I'm not an actual vendor; I've
heard from one of these companies that they don't disclose this
information unless you're one.

Are you interested in the 3 companies as an answer?

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Clarification of Question by aussie-ga on 09 Jun 2003 19:29 PDT

Yes, if those are the three major companies that will do. I don't need
to know exactly which hospitals they supply individually, as long as I
know the hospitals they supply between them. That is, "These are the
major supply companies, and these are the major hospitals, each of
which is supplied by at least one of these companies."
Thanks.

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According to Smartpages Yellow Pages, here is a list of hospitals in
New Orleans [25 total]
http://www.smartpages.com/directory/search.jhtml?DirectoryVerified=Orleans&CityVerified=New+Orleans&StateVerified=LA&DirectoryStateVerified=LA&AreaCodeVerified=&ZipVerified=&HeadingCodeVerified=8009135&HeadingDesc=Hospitals&LocType=11&QueryString=Hospitals&QueryType=1&DirAvail=true&From=&ClearLevel=MerchantListing&StartRow=20&NumRows=7&TotalRows=27&StartWith=&SortType=22&Radius=2&AddressChoice=&li
tingid=&lat=-10&lon=-10&addrName=&lastavindex=0&pagedirec=2&lastpgsz=20&Tag=health&CityPostalFlag=Y

St Charles General Hospital   (504) 899-7441 
3700 Saint Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70115

 
St Claude Medical Ctr Hospital (504) 948-8200 
3419 Saint Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117


Touro Infirmary (504) 897-8387 
1401 Foucher St # C119, New Orleans, LA 70115

 
Transplant Institute At Meml (504) 488-8121 
3535 Bienville St # 225, New Orleans, LA 70119

 
Tulane University Hospital (504) 588-5800 
1415 Tulane Ave # 5522, New Orleans, LA 70112


Tulane Xavier National Women's (504) 588-5100 
127 Elk Pl, New Orleans, LA 70112

  
University Hospital (504) 903-3000 
2021 Perdido St, New Orleans, LA 70112


Charity Hospital & Medical Ctr (504) 903-3000 
1532 Tulane Ave # 200, New Orleans, LA 70112

                
Children's Hospital Pediatric (504) 821-4611 
3308 Tulane Ave Ste 600, New Orleans, LA 70119

                
Community Care Psychiatric (504) 899-2500 
1421 General Taylor St, New Orleans, LA 70115

                
Health & Hospital Dept (504) 599-0656 
1001 Howard Ave, New Orleans, LA 70113

                
Joellen Smith Medical Ctr (504) 365-3680 
4444 General Meyer Ave, New Orleans, LA 70131

                
Kindred Hospital New Orleans (504) 899-1555 
3601 Coliseum St, New Orleans, LA 70115

                
La State Univ Med Ctr-Charity (504) 903-0300 
1532 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112

              
Lakeland Medical Ctr (504) 241-6335 
6000 Bullard Ave, New Orleans, LA 70128

                
Life Care Hospital (504) 896-5800 
4240 Magnolia St, New Orleans, LA 70115

              
Life Care Hospital (504) 896-5500 
2700 Napoleon Ave # 7, New Orleans, LA 70115

                
Lifecare Hospital (504) 894-2273 
2700 Napoleon Ave, New Orleans, LA 70115

                
Memorial Medical Ctr (504) 899-9311 
2700 Napoleon Ave # 6134, New Orleans, LA 70115

                
Memorial Medical Ctr (504) 483-5000 
301 N Jefferson Davis Pkwy, New Orleans, LA 70119

                
Methodist Health System Fndtn (504) 244-5962 
5620 Read Blvd # 6, New Orleans, LA 70127

                
New Orleans Adolescent Hosp (504) 897-3400 
210 State St, New Orleans, LA 70118

                
Pendleton Memorial Meth Hosp (504) 244-5100 
5620 Read Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70127

                
Physicians Hospital-New Orlean (504) 822-8222 
3125 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70119

                
Prytania Surgery (504) 897-8880 
3525 Prytania St Ste 102, New Orleans, LA 70115

                

The 3 major suppliers
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Cardinal health [formerly "Allegiance"]
847-689-5128 [marketing/purchasing]


Owens and Minor 
800-488-8850 - [ask for vendor relations]


General Medical 
804-264-7500 [ask for purchasing]


Search strategy:
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Cold-called some hospitals, made inquiries

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Clarification of Answer by jbf777-ga on 09 Jun 2003 21:52 PDT

Because I haven't contacted every single hospital, it is possible a
few of these might not be hit by these 3 main suppliers.  However,
since these suppliers claim to supply the majority of hospitals, the
vast majority should be covered by least least one.