HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07132010 - C.75RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Wendel Brunner,
M.D.), to execute, on behalf of the County, Agreement #28-706-8 with Public Health
Foundation Enterprises, Inc. to pay the County an amount not to exceed $36,021, for the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Emerging Infections Program - Retail
Foods Project, for the period from December 30, 2009 through December 29, 2010.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Agreement is funded 100% by a CDC cooperative agreement for the Emerging
Infections Program through the Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. No County cost
is included.
BACKGROUND:
The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) for Enteric Bacteria
was established in 1996 to monitor bacterial resistance, specifically, the resistance among
Salmonella and other enteric bacteria. The 17 participating state health departments forward
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/13/2010 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: July 13, 2010
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: KATHERINE SINCLAIR, Deputy
cc: J Pigg, Barbara Borbon
C. 75
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:July 13, 2010
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Agreement #28-706-8 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc.
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
every tenth human Salmonella isolate to CDC for antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
The CDC is requesting that additional Emerging Infections Program (EIP) sites participate
in the study of foodborne bacteria. Such bacteria 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, Campylobacter, E.coli and enterococci isolated
from a sample of chicken, ground turkey, ground beef and pork chops purchased from
selected grocery stores in the catchment area of the California EIP FoodNet site. This will
include samples collected from Contra Costa, Alameda and San Francisco County retail
grocery stores.
Approval of Agreement #28-706-8 will allow the County to be paid 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, 2010,
including mutual indemnification to hold harmless both parties for any claims arising out of
the performance of this Agreement.