Costing of Scalpel and Blade Remover

 

Cost of Injury & Law Suit

 

H.C. Eisenstein and D.A. Smith's study1 showed that there were 662 incidences per 100,000 scalpel blades used. Take the average cost of an injury as US $6000, the cost of injury per blade used is 662 x 6000 / 100000 = $39. The cost of the Qlicksmart BladeCASSETTE is only US$0.70 per blade! Costs of law suits could be as high as $10 million.

 

 

Cost Comparison: Safety Scalpel vs. Scalpel Safety
using BladeFLASK and BladeCASSETTE

 

Item

Cost (US$)

TOTAL COST (US$)

Safety scalpel

$1-2

$1-2

 

Qlicksmart Scalpel Blade Remover (BladeFLASK) *

prd-front-BladeFlask

$0.30

 

Blade

$0.15

$0.45

Savings using Qlicksmart BladeFLASK

2.5 to 4 times

 

Qlicksmart Sterile Scalpel Blade Remover
(BladeCASSETTE) **

prd-front-BladeCassette

$1.08

 

Blade

$0.15

$1.23

Savings using Qlicksmart BladeCASSETTE in sterile environment

1 to 2 times

 

* Qlicksmart BladeFLASK at $30 per unit removes 100 blades.

 

** Qlicksmart BladeCASSETTE at $3.25 per set removes 3 blades

(approx. $1.08 per blade).

 

Depending on local conditions, the use of Qlicksmart BladeFLASK scalpel blade remover with traditional scalpel handle and disposable blade may be 2.5 to 4 times cheaper than an average safety plastic scalpel, or 1 to 2.3 times cheaper if using BladeCASSETTE.

 

1. Epidemiology of reported sharps injuries in a tertiary care hospital, Journal of Hospital Infection (1992) 20. 271-280

 

Contact information:

 

Qlicksmart Pty Ltd.

Level 1, 148 Boundary St.

West End, Brisbane,

QLD 4101, AUSTRALIA

 

Postal Address:

PO Box 5677,

West End, Brisbane,

QLD 4101, AUSTRALIA

 

Phone: (61) 7-3844-1182

Fax: (61) 7-3844-1183

 

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