Comparative cost-efficiency of the EVOTECH endoscope cleaner and reprocessor versus manual cleaning plus automated endoscope reprocessing in a real-world Canadian hospital endoscopy setting

Table 2 Mean total reprocessing time and time savings with the EVOTECH ECR

	Colonoscope	Gastroscope	Bronchoscope
EVOTECH ECR
Number of scopes	21	9	4
Median time (mins) per scope	37.42	37.22	36.04
[inter-quartile range]	[36.72, 37.63]	[36.65, 37.38]	[35.69, 36.58]
Manual cleaning plus AER
Number of scopes	23	16	8
Median time (mins) per scope	49.88	44.27	42.43
[inter-quartile range]	[49.42, 51.12]	[42.71, 45.37]	[41.70, 43.81]
Difference between EVOTECH ECR and Manual cleaning plus AER (mins)	12.46	6.31	5.66
p-value*	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	0.0040

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