Table 4.

Total time and cost per extraction.

Instrument/Kit	Total time (min)	Hands-on time (min)	Hands-off time (min)	Cost per extraction (US $)a	Extraction per run
RNaid	∼110	∼50	∼60	0.87	n/a
QIAamp Viral RNA Mini Kit	∼40	∼30	∼10	3.94	n/a
MagNa Pure Compact	∼80	∼20	∼60	10.75	8
KingFisher Flex 96	∼85	∼55	∼30	3.48	96
easyMAG	∼71	∼25	∼46	8.84	24
miniMAG	∼72	∼57	∼15	6.3	12

^aCost calculated in 2012.