Cost Justification - Oral Hygiene Program

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Reducing VAP/HAP Risk Factors
Cost Justification
Comprehensive oral hygiene has been shown to address key risk factors for healthcare-associated pneumonias (HAP's), including ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).¹ This program is designed to help healthcare facilities compare their projected annual oral hygiene expense in product costs to the potential treatment costs avoided due to a reduction of VAP.
View a sample report.

Step 1:	Enter your facility's name.
Step 2:	Enter your facility's estimated monthly ventilator days/aspiration risk days.
Step 3:	Compliance Rate (targeted or actual)

Step 4:	Select a Q·Care^® product that your facility uses and enter the exact cost per kit in the first box. Then consult your facility's protocol for frequency of product use and enter it in the second box. Please refer to product package for instructions, warnings and indications.
		6804 @ $ per kit* q 6808 @ $ per kit* q
		6000 @ $ per kit* q 6552 @ $ per kit* q 6550 @ $ per kit* q

Step 5:	Estimated cost to treat one VAP (in U.S Dolars).	$150K Kollef Study² $57K Cocanour Study³ $40K Rello Study⁴
	Estimated cost to treat one HAP (in U.S Dolars).	$65K Kollef Study²
	Use my entered cost to treat a VAP/HAP.	Dollar amount (numbers only) $



* Pricing is market estimate. 1. Schleder B, Stott K, Lloyd RC, J Advocate Healthcare. 2002;4(1):27-30. 2. Kollef MH, et al., Chest. 2005;128(6):3854-62. 3. Cocanour CS, et al., Surgical Infections. 2005;6(1):65-72. 4. Rello J, et al., Chest. 2002;122(6):2115-21.

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