Table 1.
Reprocessing equipment. All unit costs are estimated based on data from Odense University Hospital. Estimated costs of maintenance are based on the literature [28]
| Item | Cost per item/procedure ($US) |
|---|---|
| Reprocessing equipment | |
| AER | 21.10 |
| Drying cabinet 1 | 9.25 |
| Drying cabinet 2 | 9.25 |
| Drying cabinet 3 | 9.25 |
| Maintenance—drying cabinets | 35.44 |
| Maintenance—AER | 50.53 |
| Manual precleaning | |
| Brushes | 4.93 |
| Sterile water | 0.12 |
| Ethanol | 0.06 |
| ATP water effluent test | 0.27 |
| Plastic packaging | 0.69 |
| Non-sterile gloves | 0.07 |
| Sterile wash gown | 0.11 |
| Cover (for transport) | 1.02 |
| Plastic cover (for transport) | 0.97 |
| Bodedex® fortea | 4.16 |
| High-clean non-woven swabs | 0.09 |
| Water | 0.15 |
| Cleaning personnel | 4.41 |
| Drying | |
| Cleaning personnel | 0.88 |
| Power | 1.8 |
| AER running costs | |
| DLC endoscope detergentb | 1.22 |
| Aperlan Ab | 3.00 |
| Aperlan Bb | 3.04 |
| Power | 1.8 |
| Water | 0.41 |
| Cleaning personnel (daily cleaning) | 3.53 |
| Total | 167.55 |
AER automated endoscope reprocessor
aBODE Chemie GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
bGetinge Sterilization AB, Getinge, Sweden