[Histonet] Cost Analysis:

[Joelle Weaver]

I used the vendor reagent contract/proposal/organizational pricing. You need the cost for each reagent, bulk, detection, ancillaries, slides, coverslips, labels and antibody. I broke it down by each component in the per slide unit, then figured it the other way by adding each individual cost for each antibody on the menu to get a cost/IHC test for each test on the current IHC menu. I then added  the overhead estimate %, instrumentation costs/maintenance/repair contract annualized, and an estimated wage/labor unit based on time and wage/hour . You can then look at these types of costs too, which could be added in to the cost/test or looked at separately. This gives a pretty good estimate of operational cost/test. I put this against the current reimburshment/test for reference. You can do the same thing with any routine process in the lab. This is just how I did it. I used excel to do the calculations. 


Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC

        
  

 
> From: craigak12 <@t> gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:27:49 -0700
> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [Histonet] Cost Analysis:
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> Hello Histonet,
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> Can someone please help me with a formula to figure out cost/analysis of IHC antibody per slide, detection system per slide?  
> 
> I am trying to break down all of our current lab costs (even processing) and I am new at this any help is greatly appreciated. 
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