Step 1: Input the Total Number of tests you are currently performing in the time period of interest
Step 2: Input the Target Percentage Reduction
e.g. if you are performing 1000 tests and would like to reduce that number to 800, input 20%.
| Diagnostic Test | Total Number | Percent Reduction |
|---|
Step 3: Panel Testing (Labor, Needle and Supply Adjustments)
| Are the tests part of an order profile/set? | ||
|---|---|---|
| (Select all that apply) | Test per needle | |
| CBC/ESR | ||
| BMP | ||
| Liver Profile | ||
| Kidney Profile | ||
| Lipid Profile | ||
| Thyroid | ||
| Coag. Panel | ||
| Labour-Supply ratio individual tests | % | % | |
| Labour-Supply ratio for sets | % | % |
Step 4: Specific Expense Inputs
Note: the default values are intentional and represent averages generated from a scoping review (manuscript in preparation).
Step 5: Specific Waste Inputs
Note: the default values are intentional and represent averages generated from a scoping review (manuscript in preparation).
Savings Summary
| Cost Savings | Blood Savings | Waste Savings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Savings | Labor | Supplies | Physical Space | Equipment Costs | Blood Saved (L) | Blood Donation Equivalent | Cost | Mass (kg) 1 | CO2 Distance (km) 2 |
1. Does not include liquid/reagent waste
2. the equivalent number of kilometers driven per carbon footprint. We used a 1999 Toyota Corolla, as an average sized car, in our estimate. We used https://calculator.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx in this estimate