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a. Support Natividad Medical Center to increase the total project cost approved by the Board of Supervisors for $1,350,000 for the Nurse Call project by $1,651,000 to a revised total project cost of $3,001,000.; and
b. Support utilizing Job Order Contracting to execute a Notice to Proceed for Nurse Call project.
c. Support to authorize the Auditor's Office to transfer $1,651,000 from NMC's Enterprise Fund 451, NMC001-451-9600-8142 to NMC's Capital Strategic Reserve Fund 404, NMC002-404-9600-8142.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Budget Committee:
a. Support Natividad Medical Center to increase the total project cost approved by the Board of Supervisors for $1,350,000 for the Nurse Call project by $1,651,000 to a revised total project cost of $3,001,000.; and
b. Support utilizing Job Order Contracting to execute a Notice to Proceed for Nurse Call project.
c. Support to authorize the Auditor's Office to transfer $1,651,000 from NMC's Enterprise Fund 451, NMC001-451-9600-8142 to NMC's Capital Strategic Reserve Fund 404, NMC002-404-9600-8142.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The original Fisher Berkley Nurse Call system was put into service in 1998 at NMC and it is still in use at NMC today. This Nurse Call system of almost 20 years, is a traditional system which has a centralized annunciator panel with audible alarms and visual displays at the nurses' stations. The system has a light that illuminates outside the patient rooms and patient bathrooms to alert staff to a fire or medical emergency. The bathrooms have a pull cord and the patient rooms have a hand push button cord with visual display. Pull cords are also found in patient showers and public bathrooms. All units function the same but are independent of each other and have no interface with computer or other communication devices such as pagers, and phones. The current Fisher Berkley Nurse Call system is at end of life and parts have been discontinued. A new Nurse Call system is needed, one whic...
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