TABLE 2.
Pre- and post-FLA metrics
| Lab and metrica | Pre-FLA |
Post-FLA |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTE | Total labor cost/day ($) | Specimen vol: peak day | Specimens/FTE (productivity) | Labor cost/specimen ($) | FTE | Total labor cost/day ($) | Specimen vol: peak day | Specimens/FTE (productivity) | Labor cost/specimen ($) | |
| WKL | ||||||||||
| Processing | 2.9 | 317.81 | 222 | 77 | 1.43 | 2 | 219.18 | 325 | 163 | 0.67 |
| Culture Work up | 5 | 958.90 | 222 | 44 | 4.32 | 4 | 767.12 | 325 | 81 | 2.36 |
| Total | 7.9 | 1,276.71 | 222 | 28 | 5.75 | 6 | 986.30 | 325 | 54 | 3.03 |
| TC | ||||||||||
| Processing | 7 | 1,150.68 | 872 | 125 | 1.32 | 4 | 657.52 | 1,083 | 271 | 0.61 |
| Culture Work up | 9 | 2,219.18 | 872 | 97 | 2.54 | 12 | 2,794.51 | 1,083 | 90 | 2.58 |
| Total | 16 | 3,369.86 | 872 | 55 | 3.86 | 16 | 3,452.03 | 1,083 | 68 | 3.19 |
| HRMLP | ||||||||||
| Processing | 5 | 821.92 | 957 | 191 | 0.86 | 7 | 1,150.68 | 1,565 | 224 | 0.74 |
| Culture Work up | 18 | 4,438.36 | 957 | 53 | 4.64 | 17 | 4,191.78 | 1,565 | 92 | 2.68 |
| Total | 23 | 5,260.27 | 957 | 42 | 5.50 | 24 | 5,342.47 | 1,565 | 65 | 3.41 |
| SHSL | ||||||||||
| Processing | 13 | 2,315.07 | 1,125 | 87 | 2.06 | 13 | 2,315.07 | 1,648 | 87 | 2.06 |
| Culture Work up | 17 | 5,775.34 | 1,125 | 66 | 5.13 | 23.5 | 7,720.62 | 1,648 | 70 | 4.68 |
| Total | 30 | 8,090.41 | 1,125 | 38 | 7.19 | 36.5 | 10,035.69 | 1,648 | 45 | 6.09 |
a
Some laboratories provided actual FTE salaries while others preferred to use a national average of $90,000/year for a clinical laboratory scientist and $60,000/year for a laboratory assistant.