Table 5.

Sensitivity analysis based on estimations of overhead costs of 9% and 15% respectively and assumptions that two-thirds or half of an employee’s time is spent on patient care, respectively

Preventable infections	38% and 62%				24% and 47%
Overhead excluded	9%		15%		9%		15%
Time spent on patient care	2/3	1/2	2/3	1/2	2/3	1/2	2/3	1/2
Care costs that are preventable	45.3	45.3	42.3	42.3	33.7	33.7	31.5	31.5
Costs to administer antibiotic prophylaxis	14.1	16.4	14.1	16.4	14.1	16.4	14.1	16.4
Cost reduction per woman	31.2	28.9	28.2	25.9	19.6	17.3	17.4	15.1
Probability of cost saving	0.986	0.980	0.984	0.976	0.920	0.885	0.904	0.865

All costs are in Euros

OH overhead costs