Characteristic
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3
Description
Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC)
Rural Hospital (RH)
Suburban Hospital (SH)
Number of procedures per year
230
998
1500
Table 1: Site Characteristics
Equipment
Site 1 ASC
Site 2 RH
Site 3 SH
Towers
837,184
1,674,368
Back-Up Towers
--
Back-Up Monitors
33,000
44,000
Boom
230,796
Total Costs
870,184
2,786,348
Table 2: Capital Equipment Costs for Reusable Scopes
Reprocessing Fees (USD)
Cleaning Costs
0.48
2.68
0.58
Pre-Cleaning Labor
2.50
1.46
2.00
Leak Testing
-
2.92
2.20
Manual Cleaning
Visual Inspection
0.43
Cleaning Verification
0.50
0.88
1.08
High Level Disinfected
Sterilization - Autoclaving
10.00
12.25
8.23
Sterilization - Other
7.30
13.00
Drying
5.00
5.83
3.25
Storage
4.38
Total
26.48
42.66
38.42
Table 3: Reprocessing fee per use
Re-reprocessing Costs
# Re-reprocessings per year
250
100
300
Reprocessing fee
$26.48
$42.66
$38.42
Cost Per Year
$6,620
$4,266
$11,526
Procedures per year
Re-reprocessing Costs Per Use
$28.78
$4.27
$7.68
Table 4: Re-reprocessing Costs
Device cost per use
1,107.45
982.05
610.26
Consumable equipment
4.99
49.05
26.56
Re-reprocessing costs per use
28.78
4.27
7.68
Delay costs per use
N/A
93.98
35.10
Overall Cost Per Use
1,167.70
1,172.01
718.02
Average Cost Per Use
1,019.24
Table 5: Total Costs for Reusable Laparoscopes
Figure 1: Xenocor™ Xenoscope Laparoscope
Figure 2: Xenocor™ Xenobox
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