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Table 2 Cost Analysis of Routine Stool Cultures and BD MAX EBP Testing

From: Comparison of time-motion analysis of conventional stool culture and the BD MAX™ Enteric Bacterial Panel (EBP)

 

Stool Culture

EBP

 

Cost/Unit

#Units

Cost

Cost/Unit

#Units

Cost

Basic test

      

Labor -Technologist time (minutes)

0.45

15 - 17

6.75 – 7.65

0.45

1.48

0.67

Information System labels

0.05

3

0.15

0.05

2

0.1

5 % Sheep Blood agar plate

0.25

1

0.25

   

MacConkey agar plate

0.25

1

0.25

   

Campy agar plate and BioBag

2.39

1

2.39

   

Hektoen Enteric agar plate

0.31

1

0.31

   

MacConkey Sorbitol agar plate

0.44

1

0.44

   

Shiga toxin test kit and MacConkey Broth

13.52

1

13.52

   

Disposable 10 μl loop

   

0.02

1

0.02

Enteric Panel Kit

   

30 – 35.00

1

30 – 35.00

MAX test cartridge

   

0.40 – 0.65

1

0.40 – 0.65

Test site burden

1.00

2

2.00

1.00

1

1.00

Additional workup*

      

Labor -Technologist time (minutes)

0.45

35-40

15.75 – 18.00

   

5 % Sheep Blood agar plate

0.25

1-3

0.25 – 0.75

   

Vitek-Gram negative ID card

6.00

1-3

6.00 – 18.00

   

RIM EC O157:H7 test

0.59

1

0.59

   

Total Cost (in $)

  

$26.06 – 64.30

  

$32.19–37.44

  1. *20 % of cultures required additional labor and supplies to rule out potential pathogens