Comparing surgical trays with redundant instruments with trays with reduced instruments: a cost analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

When prearranged standard surgical trays contain instruments that are repeatedly unused, the redundancy can result in unnecessary health care costs. Our objective was to estimate potential savings by performing an economic evaluation comparing the cost of surgical trays with redundant instruments with surgical trays with reduced instruments ("reduced trays").

Methods

We performed a cost-analysis from the hospital perspective over a 1-year period. Using a mathematical model, we compared the direct costs of trays containing redundant instruments to reduced trays for 5 otolaryngology procedures. We incorporated data from several sources including local hospital data on surgical volume, the number of instruments on redundant and reduced trays, wages of personnel and t

SUBMITTER: John-Baptiste A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5143022 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature