TITLE
Title
APPROVE STRETCHERS/MOUNTS AND CARDIAC EQUIPMENT PROPRIETARY MAINTENANCE SERVICE AND PARTS AGREEMENT WITH STRYKER
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
Jim Albright/Fran Cameron
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BACKGROUND
Background
Emergency Medical Services has utilized Stryker manufactured stretchers for a number of years on ambulances and at special events, including electric-assist stretchers for the past fifteen years. Stryker's safety systems have reduced worker's compensation cases and decreased patient handling incidents. These stretchers require annual preventative maintenance, as well as episodic repair to maintain satisfactory condition and performance. This proprietary maintenance service agreement includes comprehensive annual preventative maintenance to include repair parts, labor, and travel on the majority of the equipment on most of our current stretcher inventory. In depth fiscal analysis indicates this preventative maintenance and repair program is financially advantageous to EMS. Stryker's maintenance service program will ensure EMS stretchers meet ASTM and SAE standards for compliance.
Guilford County has had a lengthy history with this vendor, and their maintenance has exceeded expectations and allowed us to maintain functionality of equipment beyond its normal life span.
The adoption of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Standard J3027 required that new mounts be installed in all transport ambulances. This capital expenditure occurred over several budget cycles, and we now have 57 mounts and 74 stretchers for annual service and repair. Also, Stryker conducts an annual true-up of the existing inventory of stretchers and mounts, adjusting the annual billing accordingly based on the inventory. This adjustment includes service with new equipment (which has a one-year warranty) and any assets disposed of in the preceding year.
Cardiac monitors also require an annual service agreement for the forty LifePak 15’s that are currently within serviceable life. ...
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