Table 5 Antibiotics stewardship programme (ASP) related cost breakdown in pre-ASP and post-ASP phases
Variable | Pre-ASP intervention | Post-ASP intervention | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unit cost (US$) | Quantity | Total cost (US$) | Unit cost (US$) | Quantity | Total cost (US$) | |
Direct cost | ||||||
 Physician cost (hours) | – | – | – |  |  |  |
  Education   Consultation   Feedback |  |  |  | 25 | 180 | 4500 |
 Microbiologist cost (hours) | – | – | – |  |  |  |
  Data collection   Susceptibility reporting |  |  |  | 12 | 90 | 1080 |
 Pharmacist cost (hours) | – | – | – |  |  |  |
  Data collection and analysis   Interventions |  |  |  | 5 | 215 | 1075 |
 Administrative cost for ASP designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating (hours) | – | – | – | 30 | 50 | 1500 |
Indirect cost | ||||||
 Pharmacy time (hours) | ||||||
  Pharmacist order processing | 3 | 200 | 600 | 3 | 80 | 240 |
  Technician (preparation and dispensing | 2 | 400 | 800 | 2 | 190 | 380 |
 Medication administration nurses time (hours) | 2.5 | 750 | 1875 | 2.5 | 396 | 990 |
 Consumables and logistics related to IV ABXs administration | 1.5 | 4400 | 6600 | 1.5 | 2840 | 4260 |
 SICU bed per day cost | 540 | 5.2* | 2808 | 540 | 4.7* | 2538 |