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Cost Effective Analysis of Cell Saver Program at UCSF Medical Center

Cost Effective Analysis of Cell Saver Program at UCSF Medical Center. Contracted Vendor versus In-House Program. What is Cell Saver?.

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Cost Effective Analysis of Cell Saver Program at UCSF Medical Center

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  1. Cost Effective Analysis of Cell Saver Program at UCSF Medical Center Contracted Vendor versus In-House Program

  2. What is Cell Saver? • Cell salvage or cell saver is a technique used during surgery to collect blood that a patient loses during surgery, process the collected blood, and reinfuse the blood into the patient.

  3. Current Situation • UCSF Medical Center’s Moffitt-Long Operating Room contracts cell saver service to an outside vendor. • Autotransfusion, Inc. provides the service • UCSF Medical Center pays approx. $48,300 a month to Autotransfusion, Inc. to provide the service.

  4. Services that utilize Cell Saver • Neuro-Spine Service • Ortho-Spine Service • Vascular Service • Liver Transplant Service

  5. Current Cell Saver Costs • Autotransfusion, Inc. • Costs for providing cell saver service: Neuro-Spine = $700.00 a patient Ortho-Spine = $700.00 a patient Vascular = $700.00 a patient Liver Transplant = $928.86

  6. Proposed Solution • Implement in-house cell saver program • Discontinue using contracted vendor, Autotransfusion, Inc.

  7. Cost Effective Analysis of UCSF Cell Saver Program vs. Autotransfusion, Inc. • Neuro-Spine Service (Feb.-Mar. 2006) • 18 procedures / 124 hours • Autotransfusion, Inc. = $12,600 • UCSF Cell Saver Program (Full-time employee and supply) = $5,544 • Cost Savings = $7,056(56% cost savings)

  8. Cost Effective Analysis of UCSF Cell Saver Program vs. Autotransfusion, Inc. • Ortho-Spine Service (Feb.-Mar. 2006) • 54 procedures / 525 hours • Autotransfusion, Inc. = $37,800 • UCSF Cell Saver Program (Full-time employee and supply) = $20,763 • Cost Savings = $17,037(45% cost savings)

  9. Cost Effective Analysis of UCSF Cell Saver Program vs. Autotransfusion, Inc. • Vascular Service (Feb.-Mar. 2006) • 11 procedures / 66 hours • Autotransfusion, Inc. = $7,700 • UCSF Cell Saver Program (Full-time employee and supply) = $3,124 • Cost Savings = $4,576(59% cost savings)

  10. Cost Effective Analysis of UCSF Cell Saver Program vs. Autotransfusion, Inc. • Liver Transplant Service (Feb.-Mar. 2006) • 34 procedures / 254 hours • Autotransfusion, Inc. = $31,581.24 • UCSF Cell Saver Program (Full-time employee and supply) = $19,739.24 • Cost Savings = $11,842(27% cost savings)

  11. Summary • UCSF paid Autotransfusion, Inc. $89,681.24 in Feb./Mar. 2006 to provide cell saver services to the Moffitt-Long operating room. • If UCSF had its own cell saver program the medical center would have spent $49,170.24 in Feb/Mar. 2006 to provide the service. • The medical center could have saved $40,511.00

  12. Summary • UCSF Medical Center should consider implementing its own cell saver program. • 42% to 45% yearly cost savings.

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