Time and costs of one administration process, and extrapolated to department level
| One administration process | Department in 1 year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time (min) | Costs (€)* | Time (h) | Costs (€)‡ | |
| Fixed (clinical lesson)* | ||||
| No complete protocol | – | – | – | – |
| Complete protocol | 72 min | €39.46 | 36 h | €1183.95 |
| Variable (administering medication) | ||||
| No complete protocol | 2 min 8 s | €1.51 | 259 h 33 min | €11 007.23 |
| Complete protocol | 3 min 26 s | €2.42 | 417 h 43 min | €17 714.76 |
| Total | ||||
| No complete protocol | 259 h 33 min | €11 007.23 | ||
| Complete protocol | 453 h 43 min | €18 898.71 | ||
*Calculated for one nurse, no allowance for irregular hours included and based on 2 h of preparing and providing a clinical lesson to 10 nurses.
‡Extrapolation was based on 30 employed nurses, assuming that 20 administration processes were performed in 24 h in one department.