Anzen™ Safety Scalpel Cost Savings Calculator

Thank you for your interest in our Anzen Safety Scalpel. Are you wondering if switching to a safety scalpel makes sense financially for your facility? Fill in this form to see how Anzen can save you and your money.

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  • Estimated Cost Of Current Blades

    First, let's determine the dollar amount that your blades currently cost per year. Note that this does not take into account the cost of sharps injuries.
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    An estimated 75,000,000 scalpel blades are used each year, across 6090 hospitals in USA. This works out to be about 12,315 scalpel blades used per facility per year. See Notes for more details.
  • Based on GHX 2020 data, the estimated average cost of a bare blade is $0.32/piece.
  • This is how much you are currently paying for blades per year.
  • Please enter your cost as quoted to you for the Anzen Safety Scalpel Cartridge
  • This is the estimated cost of using Anzen per year.

  • Impact Of Sharps Injuries

    Next, let's look at the impact of sharps injuries in your facility to determine the real cost of blades.
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    There are an estimated 385,000 sharps injuries per year in the U.S, across 6,090 U.S. hospitals. This works out to 63 sharps injuries per facility per year. This number does not take into account unreported incidents. See Notes for more details.
  • It is estimated that between 7% - 17% of all sharps injuries are caused by traditional scalpel blades. See Notes for more details.
  • Based on your estimate, your facility has this number of sharps injuries caused by scalpels in a year.
  • The cost associated with treating each sharps injury is estimated to be $3,042 per injury. See Notes for more detail.
  • This is the total cost of scalpel injuries at your facility, based on the numbers provided.
  • Based on the figures you provided, this is the actual cost of blades at your facility currently. This number takes into account the cost of sharps injuries caused by traditional scalpel blades.

  • How Anzen Saves You And Your Money

    Finally, let's take a look at how switching to Anzen Safety Scalpels can protect healthcare workers and reduce costs at your facility.
  • It is estimated that the use of sharps safety engineered devices can reduce sharps injuries by 62% - 88%. See Notes for more details.
  • This is the amount of money you will save per year from reduced scalpel injuries.
  • This is how much you will save (in costs and sharps injuries) when switching to the Anzen Safety Scalpel!
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Note:
Data estimates taken from the following sources:
https://www.ast.org/ceonline/articles/381/files/assets/common/downloads/The%20Economic%20Argument%20for%20using%20safety%20scalpels.pdf
https://www.aha.org/statistics/fast-facts-us-hospitals