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C.121

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	September 11, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Purchase Order with Abbott Laboratories

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/11/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Daniel Peddycord, 925-313-6712
cc:	Tasha Scott Marcy Wilhelm 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: September 11, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the Health Services Director, a purchase order with Abbott Laboratories in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000 to purchase hepatitis testing kits and reagents for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center for the period October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2020.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% funding is included in the Hospital Enterprise Fund I budget.

BACKGROUND:

Abbott Laboratories has been used by the Health Services Department for over twenty (20) years. Abbott Laboratories provides the reagents required for use with the testing instrument in our Public Health Laboratory. The reagents are necessary for specimens to be tested for Hepatitis A, B and C antibodies. These tests are used to detect both acute and chronic Hepatitis infections in patients seen at the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and/or Health Centers.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this purchase order is not approved, the health care system would not be able to detect Hepatitis antigen and antibodies in those patients who have been exposed, resulting in higher health care cost when they develop the disease in later years. The testing would then need to be conducted by outside commercial labs at a greater cost to the County.