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Authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement (A-11719) with UHS Surgical Services Inc., formally PRI Medical Technologies Inc. for Laser, Guided Imagery, Lithotripsy and Cryotherapy Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to June 30, 2013 for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $205,000 (no change from the previously approved amount) in the aggregate.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement (A-11719) with UHS Surgical Services Inc., formally PRI Medical Technologies Inc. for Laser, Guided Imagery, Lithotripsy and Cryotherapy Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to June 30, 2013 for a total Agreement amount not to exceed $205,000 (no change from the previously approved amount) in the aggregate.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
PRI Medical Technologies Inc. provides NMC with rental services for Holmium laser, guided imagery, lithotripsy, and cryotherapy. The perioperative services department at NMC currently uses predominately the Holmium laser and cryotherapy portion of this service. The use of the Holmium laser allows NMC surgeons to:
Perform laser lithotripsy of renal, urethral, and bladder stones.
Treat urethral and urethral strictures.
Treat bladder and urethral tumors.
Treat bladder carcinomas.
Treat benign prostatic hyperplasia via laser enucleation of the prostate, laser ablation of the Prostate and transincision of the prostate.
Perform bladder neck incisions.
Treat condylomas (warts) and lesions of the external genitalia.
The other modality of treatment that NMC utilizes this vendor for is cryotherapy. Cryotherapy allows NMC surgeons to treat renal cell carcinoma (small tumors of the kidney) and spare the kidney when appropriate. The only other surgical treatment for this diagnosis is a partial nephrectomy which is a procedure that neither NMC nor...
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