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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, so...
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