Allegiance Corporation

Allegiance Corporation manufactures and distributes surgical kits, surgical trays, and other health-care products to hospitals and other healthcare providers. It offers surgical instruments, procedure packs, oxygen masks, test tubes, intravenous solutions, patient care supplies, instrumentation for clinical diagnostics, and other product lines. The company also provides integrated cost-saving services to its health-care customers through inventory-management programs, customized packaging, and various consulting services. It caters to hospitals, doctors' offices, surgery centers, home-care companies, post-acute-care facilities, and other caregivers outside the hospital. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois. As of February 3, 1999, Allegiance Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Cardinal Health, Inc.