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a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute an agreement with Gaumard Scientific for training, installation, and preventative maintenance services to the neonatal simulators at NMC for an amount not to exceed $11,095 with an agreement term July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026.
b. Approve the NMC’s Chief Executive Officer’s recommendation to accept non-standard indemnification provisions within the agreement.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute an agreement with Gaumard Scientific for training, installation, and preventative maintenance services to the neonatal simulators at NMC for an amount not to exceed $11,095 with an agreement term July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026.
b. Approve the NMC’s Chief Executive Officer’s recommendation to accept non-standard indemnification provisions within the agreement.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Our primary goal at Natividad Medical Center is to provide high quality and safe patient care. One of the ways we achieve this at Natividad Medical Center is to promote ongoing professional staff development through various teaching modalities such as continuing education and simulation-based learning activities. The Natividad Simulation Lab has upgraded to an untethered neonatal simulator manikin, manufactured by Gaumard Scientific, and a service agreement is needed to ensure regular preventive maintenance for this high-fidelity neonatal simulator manikin. The goal of preventive maintenance service is to prevent equipment failure before it occurs and ensure safe equipment use throughout the product’s life span. Gaumard Scientific will provide annual periodic maintenance service to make sure that the simulator manikin remains calibrated to warranty standard levels. Each preventive maintenance service includes extensive assessment, testing, software updates, and replacement of components as needed to ensure the manikin maintains peak performance levels. This service is valuable to provide for a very realistic full-body patient presentation during simulation learning activities, which is specifically helpful for healthcare professionals to practice and master a specific task or skill in a safe learning environment.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The Office of County Counsel has reviewed and approved this agreement as to form, and the Auditor-Controller has reviewed and approved as to payment provisions. The agreement has also been reviewed and approved by NMC’s Finance Committee and by its Board of Trustees on June 14, 2024.
FINANCING:
The cost for this agreement is $11,095 which is included in the FY 2024-25 Adopted Budget. Amounts for remaining years of the agreement will be included in those budgets as appropriate. Funding will be provided from NMC’s Enterprise Fund 451-9600-6408.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STRATEGIC INITIATIVES:
Natividad Medical Center is dedicated to the people of Monterey County to provide the best possible care to each patient. It is critical that resources are available for staff’s professional development in order to maintain high quality and safe patient care.
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Prepared by: Maria Lourdes Escolta, Director of Nursing Education, 783-2851
Approved by: Charles R. Harris, Chief Executive Officer, 783-2553
Attachments:
Gaumard Scientific Agreement
Attachments on file with the Clerk of the Board