RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department, to execute a Purchase Order with Central Ad Mixture Pharmacy Services, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $500,000, for compounding of Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) and Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition (PPN) intravenous (IV) solutions, for the period from April 1, 2017 through March 31, 2020.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% funding is included in the Hospital Enterprise Fund I Budget.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa Regional Medical Center Pharmacy Department has been using Central Ad Mixture Pharmacy Services, Inc. (CAPS) for IV services since May 2005. TPN and PPN, as well as certain IV medications are outsourced to CAPS.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Purchase Order is not approved, products such as TPN and PPN, as well as various IV solution compounds needed for treating our patients will be unavailable, causing a potential negative impact to the health of our patients at the CCRMC.
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