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Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute renewal and amendment No. 3 to the agreement (A-14151) with SwipeSense Inc. for a SwipeSense system, extending the agreement an additional two (2) year period (retroactive to November 1, 2019 through October 31, 2021) for a revised full agreement term of November 1, 2016 through October 31, 2021, and adding $80,040 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $223,540.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute renewal and amendment No. 3 to the agreement (A-14151) with SwipeSense Inc. for a SwipeSense system, extending the agreement an additional two (2) year period (retroactive to November 1, 2019 through October 31, 2021) for a revised full agreement term of November 1, 2016 through October 31, 2021, and adding $80,040 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $223,540.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Healthcare workers' hands are the most common vehicle for the transmission of healthcare-associated pathogens from patient to patient and within the healthcare environment. Hand hygiene is the leading measure for preventing the spread of antimicrobial resistance and reducing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The best protection against hospital acquired infections is handwashing. Manually tracking hand hygiene rates can be imprecise and burdensome, whereas the SwipeSense technology automates this process thus enabling a more accurate monitoring of hand hygiene at NMC. Monitoring rates of handwashing is required by accrediting agencies such as The Joint Commission and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Additionally, The Leapfrog group is including hand hygiene automation as an optional component to their surveys.
SwipeSense will continue to provide NMC access to "SwipeSense System Complete", a SaaS (Softwa...
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