Title
Receive a report on Natividad Medical Center's key capital projects as of January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Capital Improvement Committee receive a report on Natividad Medical Center's key capital projects from January 1, 2022, through June 30, 2022.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad Medical Center (NMC) is responsible for managing, operating, and maintaining facilities and roads within the NMC campus. In addition, the Facilities and Construction Department staff administers capital projects focused on strategically upgrading the hospital by reconfiguring and remodeling the campus to better accommodate healthcare services.
Nurse Call:
The original Fisher Berkley nurse call system put into service in 1998 is a traditional system with a centralized annunciator panel with audible alarms and visual displays at the nurse stations. Additionally, the call system has a light that illuminates to alert staff of a fire or medical emergency. All systems are original and have no interface with computers or other communication devices such as pagers and phones. The current Fisher Berkley Nurse Call system is at the end of life; discontinued replacement parts.
NMC was issued a building permit from the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) on April 30, 2021. NMC initiated and assigned the project to a JOC contractor and received a price proposal. On June 16, 2021, Ausonio Inc. started work on the infrastructure and installing the nurse call system. On August 6, 2021, NMC went live in the first set of patient rooms. Currently, the project has finished the nurse call system in our Acute Rehab Unit, Medical Surgical Unit building 100, Intensive Care Unit, Surgery Department, and we are actively installing Nurse Call in the Mother Infant Unit and Medical Surgical Unit in building 500. The remaining balance for the Nurse Call project is $192,520 as of June 2022. The estimated completion date is June...
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