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Table 3 Direct costs of medical consumables for collection and management of a liter of donor human milk at our human milk bank

From: How much does a liter of donor human milk cost? Cost analysis of operating a human milk bank in Italy

 

Amount in 2019

Price per unit (€)

Total

Liters collected in 2019

Cost per liter

Amount in 2019

Price per unit (€)

Total

Liters prepared at maximum capacity of bank

Cost per liter

130 mL single-use feeding bottle

128.0

0.23

29.70

771.0

0.04

150.0

0.23

34.80

904.0

0.05

250 mL single-use feeding bottle

3900.0

0.26

1025.70

1.33

4570.0

0.26

1201.99

1.56

Single-use kit for breast pumps

144.0

0.22

31.68

0.04

168.0

0.22

36.96

0.05

Identification labels

4028.0

0.004

16.51

0.02

4720.0

0.004

19.35

0.03

Total costs

  

1103.59

    

1293.11