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FROM: William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director =s';g Costa
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By: Jacqueline Pigg, Contracts Administrator
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SUBJECT: Replacement of Mechanical Ventilators in Cardiopulmonary Department
7 of Contra Costa Regional Medical Center
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION: AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, on behalf.of the Health Services
Department, to purchase eight (8) Puritan Bennett Model 840 Ventilators.
FISCAL IMPACT: Total cost of the Puritan Bennett "840" Ventilators (incl. tax) is $198,695.
This amount is included in the approved 2008/09 Enterprise Fund I budget.
BACKGROUND: Ventilators are critical life support systems used by the Contra Costa Regional
Medical Center (CCRMC). These machines aid very ill patients to breathe by mechanically
simulating a patient's lung function. Without ventilators, these compromised patients would die.
CCRMC's existing ventilators are coming out of support at the end of 2008. After that, parts
and service will become unavailable. Already, many critical parts are unable to be obtained.
Eight units are required at this time because we need two units for the Intensive Care
Nursery, one unit for the Emergency Department and the balance for use in Adult Critical Care.
We are requesting Puritan Bennett as the supplier of these units because, after trialing a
number of manufacturers, a multi-disciplinary task force determined that the Puritan Bennett
product functioned the best.
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DAVII7 TWA,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact Person: Larry Carlson,370-5141
CC: Larry Carlson,CCRMC
Pat Godley, 50 Douglas #310, Mtz.
BY: DEPUTY