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 3 Labour only time involved in reprocessing with each reprocessor type

	Colonoscope	Gastroscope	Bronchoscope
EVOTECH ECR
Median time (mins) per scope	7.27	7.07	5.89
[interquartile range]	[6.57, 7.48]	[6.50, 7.23]	[5.54, 6.44]
Manual cleaning plus AER
Median time (mins) per scope	9.88	9.27	7.43
[interquartile range]	[9.42, 11.12]	[7.71, 10.37]	[6.70, 8.81]
Difference between EVOTECH ECR and Manual cleaning plus AER (mins)	2.61	2.20	1.54
p-value*	< 0.0001	0.00002	0.0485

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