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Approve and authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Renewal and Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement (BSC1851) with Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital for Laboratory Testing Services at NMC, extending the Agreement from November 1, 2011 through June 30, 2015 and adding $144,000 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $504,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Renewal and Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement (BSC1851) with Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital for Laboratory Testing Services at NMC extending the Agreement from November 1, 2011 through June 30, 2015 and adding $144,000 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $504,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital has provided reference laboratory testing services for NMC beginning November 1, 2011. This agreement is necessary to pay for reference laboratory testing provided for NMC's patient population. Physicians at Natividad Medical Center or clinics that send laboratory work to NMC may order tests that the NMC Laboratory cannot perform on-site. Therefore, these specific tests must be sent to a reference laboratory. Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital provides a reference laboratory testing facility that is located within a close proximate to Natividad Medical Center. There are times when testing requires to be completed within an exact time frame which mandates a facility that is close.
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital provides histology processing, a special type of laboratory testing for Natividad Medical Center which is a modality in the laboratory that Natividad Medical Center is currently unable to provide. Histology services for anatomical pathology are required for all tissues samples prior to a pathologist completing the final examination on the tissue. Histology requires certified employees and specia...
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