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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10202009 - C.28RECOMMENDATION(S): Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Wendel Brunner, M.D.), to execute, on behalf of the County, Amendment Agreement #28-706-7 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc., effective June 1, 2009, to increase payment to the County by $20,671 from $15,283, new total payment limit not to exceed $35,954, for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Emerging Infections Program - Retail Foods Project, with no change in the original term of December 30, 2008 through December 29, 2009. FISCAL IMPACT: This Amendment will result in an increase of $20,671 of funds from the CDC cooperative agreement for the Emerging Infections Program through the Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. No County cost is required. BACKGROUND: The national Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) for Enteric Bacteria was established in 1996 to monitor resistance, specifically, Salmonella and other enteric bacteria. The 17 participating state health departments forward every tenth human APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 10/20/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER Clerks Notes: VOTE OF SUPERVISORS AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor Contact: Wendel Brunner, M.D. 313-6712 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: October 20, 2009 David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: Katherine Sinclair, Deputy cc: J Pigg, B Borbon C.28 To:Board of Supervisors From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director Date:October 20, 2009 Contra Costa County Subject:Amendment Agreement #28-706-7 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. Salmonella isolate BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) to CDC for antimicrobial susceptibility testing. CDC is requesting that additional Emerging Infections Program (EIP) sites participate in the study of food borne bacteria this is not uncommon and often is associated with the use of antimicrobial agents in food animals, especially in retail food. This study will assist in generating a database that may be utilized to augment the development of intervention programs to stem the high prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in the meal and poultry food supply. The goal of the study is to determine the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among Salmonella and Campylobacter, E.coli and enterococci isolated from a convenience sample of chicken, ground turkey, ground beef and pork chops purchased from selected grocery stores in the catchment area of the California EIP FooodNet site. This will include samples collected from Contra Costa, Alameda and San Francisco County retail grocery stores. On May 5, 2009, the Board of supervisors approved Contract #28-706-6 with the Public Health Foundation Enterprises, to pay the County on a fee for service basis for laboratory microbiological testing services, including, but not limited to, personnel time, supplies, and food samples utilized in the testing, through December 29, 2009. Approval of Amendment Agreement #28-706-7 will allow for additional funding from Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. for testing services, through December 29, 2009.