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Authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Renewal and Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement (BSC1851) with Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital for Laboratory Testing Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to June 30, 2014 and adding $260,000 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $360,000 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 Renewal and Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement (BSC1851) with Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital for Laboratory Testing Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to June 30, 2014 and adding $260,000 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $360,000 in the aggregate.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital has provided reference laboratory testing services for NMC over the past two years. 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 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 special testing equipment that Natividad currently canno...
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