Criteria for AARC Zenith Award Recipient
(AW.0389)
This program is to recognize industry partners aligned with the respiratory care profession. The criteria are as follows:
1. Through the Zenith Award program, the AARC Board of Directors annually recognizes a group of providers of respiratory care products and services.
2. AARC Members will be given the opportunity to reward the manufacturers, service organizations, and supply companies that have done the most outstanding job for them and their employers. Also, it is the membership's opportunity to share their expertise with thousands of their colleagues who are searching for the best companies in the market today.
3. AARC members will be asked to evaluate the companies by using the following criteria: quality of equipment and/or supplies, sales force accessibility and helpfulness, service record, responsiveness, truth advertising, and support of the profession.
4. Selected companies will be honored during the AARC International Congress Awards Ceremony and other AARC communications. Those companies will be free to use the "Zenith Award" logo in their letterheads, employees' business cards, and advertisements.
5. Following the tabulation of the ballots, the president of the winning companies will be notified by the Executive Office and requested they be present during the AARC International Congress Awards Ceremony to receive their awards.
6. On the day of the AARC International Congress Awards Ceremony, the AARC President will visit the Zenith Award Winners at their exhibit booth to take a picture with all their personnel present and the award. Announcements of Zenith recipients will be made using AARC communication channels during and after the AARC International Congress.