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44. TECHNICAL SERVICES AGREEMENT (TSA) WITH SONORA QUEST LABORATORIES Approve Technical Services Agreement between Maricopa County by and through its Department of Public Health (MCDPH) and Sonora Quest Laboratories, LLC. (SQL) to provide an onsite phlebotomist to ensure specimens are collected, labeled, preserved, and transported to Sonora Quest Laboratories for testing in such a manner to provide accurate and precise test results suitable for clinical interpretation. MCDPH agrees to provide an area for an SQL Phlebotomist to use during normal business hours. The term of this TSA is effective from the date of the last signature and shall terminate in one year, unless otherwise terminated as provided herein. This is a non-financial Agreement. Technical Services includes the drawing of blood and collection of urine specimens by use of established procedures for safety and patient comfort, such as routine blood drawing and venipuncture techniques, butterfly/syringe techniques, finger sticks, and other techniques, processing specimens, including pipetting, centrifuging, transferring serum or plasma into other tubes, freezing, preserving, dipping and slide preparation; packaging specimens for pickup and delivery for laboratory testing, labeling specimens as required, and placing all necessary items in the proper shipping envelope and/or container’ maintenance of records related to incoming patients and specimens delivered; completing and processing laboratory paperwork, including log and appointment books, requisition, and other routine laboratory paperwork; and the maintenance and ordering of all necessary supplies related to the foregoing. The term “Technical Services” shall not include the performance of other activities not directly related to SQL laboratory services and/or which are normally performed by MCDPH or MCDPH’s office staff such as reviewing a patient’s chart for the purpose of obtaining diagnosis information; or the provision of services on days or at times not specified herein. MCDPH shall prominently post a copy of the Permitted and Prohibited Services notice in Attachment 1. (C-86-14-006-3-00)