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Table 7 Time spent for different activities in the Lactarium

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

Activities

Minutes for each feeding bottle

Total minutes for each activity

Median of feeding bottles per day

Minutes for each feeding bottle

Notes

Cleaning surfaces

0.02

10.0

658.0

0.02

 

Receiving / checking milk sheets

0.14

90.0

658.0

0.14

 

Printing labels

0.30

120.0

400.0

0.30

 

Preparing bottles

5.0

5.0

1.0

5.00

 

Storage of bottles in the pasteurizer

0.17

1.0

6.0

0.17

 

Registration of bottles

0.05

30.0

658.0

0.05

 

Storage of bottles in the refrigerator

0.21

15.0

72.0

0.21

72 feeding bottles / time

Control of occurred pasteurization

0.01

1.0

72.0

0.01

72 feeding bottles / time

Unloading pasteurizers

0.21

15.0

72.0

0.21

72 feeding bottles / time

Preparation of thermal bags

0.05

2.0

40.0

0.05

72 feeding bottles / time

Control of pharmacy products

0.12

120.0

1000.0

0.12

 

Washing grids

0.04

2.0

50

0.04

 

Cleaning of pasteurizers

0.14

10.0

72.0.0

0.14

 

Registration of milk batches

0.05

30.0

658.0

0.05

 

Inventory

0.02

15.0

658.0

0.02

 

Total minutes for sector

6.53