From: Economic benefits of safety-engineered sharp devices in Belgium - a budget impact model
Procedure class | Annual number of devices per bed (estimated) | Average cost of conventional devices (€) | Average cost of SEDs (€) | NSI rate using conventional devices(per 105procedures) | NSI rate using SEDs (per 105procedures)[15] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Injection | 553 | 0.014 | 0.046 | 10.8 [15] | 1.5 |
Infusion therapy | 120 | 0.400 | 0.600 | 26.0 [15] | 8.8 |
Diabetes insulin administration | 50 [8] | 0.095 | 0.315 | 23.5 [18] | 3.3** |
Blood collection | 193 | 0.170 | 0.270 | 23.4* [15] | 7.0*** |