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C. 74

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	April 14, 2015

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Becton Dickinson and Company Purchase Order

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 04/14/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Anna Roth, 370-5101
cc:	T Scott C Rucker Melody Hung-Fan

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: April 14, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of Health Services Department, to execute a blanket Purchase Order with Becton Dickinson and Company in the amount of $ 600,000, for laboratory test reagents for the BD Viper Qx System, the MGIT System, and related lab supplies, for the period from March 1, 2015 through February 28, 2017.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% Enterprise I Fund, offset by reimbursement for testing performed by outside agencies, MediCal and MediCare eligible patients.

BACKGROUND:

Becton Dickinson is the sole source provider of the Viper Qx System (for sexually transmitted diseases) and the MGIT system (for tuberculosis) which are used to conduct the testing. The specific systems are used as they are highly sensitive and specific for the organism being tested. The identified testing Systems take significantly less time to isolate the organisms than with other testing systems allowing for a quicker diagnosis and response. Additionally the Viper Qx System can detect 96 specimens at one time while other products could only detect 24 at one time.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The consequences of negative actions would be that the health care system would not be able to provide testing for Chlamydia and Gonorrheae which are the most commonly reported sexually transmitted diseases according to Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Also, the turnaround time for tuberculosis testing would be greatly increased if the public health lab did not have the Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tubes (MGIT) tubes for tuberculosis isolation.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.