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Table 7 Total per cycle and annual costs of labour plus consumables

From: 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

 

EVOTECH ECR

Manual cleaning plus AER

Annual cost of consumables

$91, 894.17

$85, 729.23

Annual cost of labour*

$26, 695.03

$36, 854.22

Total annual cost**

$118, 589.20

$122, 583.45

Total cost per cycle

$11.50

$11.88

  1. *Does not include personnel labour time elapsed during cycle processing as employees could be available to work on other tasks while a scope is in the reprocessor.
  2. **Does not include acquisition cost of either processor