Table 3.

Comparison of labor and reagent costs based on list pricing.

RP			RV+			Pro
Test	NRa	Cost/test	Test	NR	Cost/test	Test	NR	Cost/test
RP	20	$129.00	RV+	6	$85.00	EasyMAG	–	$6.17
						ProFlu+	3	$53.10
						ProFAST+	3	$35.77
						ProHMPV+	1	$35.77
						ProParaflu+	3	$35.77
						ProAdeno+	1	$35.77
Total	20	$129.00	Total	6	$85.00	Total	11	$202.35
Cost/reportable		$6.45	Cost/reportable		$14.17	Cost/reportable		$18.40

Approximate labor (m) per sample
Step	HOTb	TATc	Step	HOT	TAT	Step	HOT	TAT
–	–	–	Thaw Reagents	–	10	–	–	–
Sample Addition	3	3	Set-up	15	15	easyMAG Extraction	3d	86
Extract Amp & Detect	–	65	Extract & Amp	–	125	Amp & Detect	5d	135
–	–	–	Detect	4	4	–	–	–
Analysis & Report	2	2	Analysis & Report	2	2	Analysis & Report	5e	5
Total (m)	5	70	Total (m)	21	156	Total (m)	13	226
m/Rf	0.33		m/R	3.5		m/R	1.19
Total (h)	0.08	1.17	Total (h)	0.35	2.60	Total (h)	0.22	3.77

^aNumber of reportable.

^bHands-on-time.

^cTest-turnaround-time.

^dOne tenth of per run labor when testing10 specimens.

^eFive tests analyses for each sample.

^fMinutes per reportable.