Table 1 Comparison of total costs of the suggested Pedi-Pack and routine adult RBC pack
Handling hospital blood bank’s cost | HC | Constant for adult and pediatric unit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Laboratory cost | LC | ||||||
Acquisitioned RBC cost (I) | RBC preparation cost by the BTO | PC | Adult pack | \(PC_{a}\) | |||
Pedi-Pack | [1] \(PC_{p} = PC_{a} + x\)a \(\begin{gathered} PCp \, > \, PCa \hfill \\ [*1]_{{}} x < \, PCa^{{}} \hfill \\ \end{gathered}\) | ||||||
Wasted resources cost per transfusion (II) | Wasted RBC cost per transfusion | \(WC\) | Adult pack | \(WC_{a}\) | |||
Pedi-Pack | \(WC_{p}\) | ||||||
Wasted RBC cost due to transfusion risk | \(WRC\) | Adult pack | \([2]_{{}} WRC_{a} = WRC_{p} + m\)b | ||||
Pedi-Pack | \(WRC_{p}\) | ||||||
Total cost per transfusion = (I) + (II) | – | TC | Adult pack | \(PC_{a} + WC{}_{a} + WRC_{a} + HC + LC\) | |||
Pedi-Pack | \(PC_{p} + WC_{p} + WRC_{p} + HC + LC\) | ||||||