Explore how to avoid cost with the Couplet Care Bassinet

The Couplet Care Bassinet is designed to promote clinical efficiency and patient safety. Use the calculator to see how to avoid costs.

The calculator estimates potential labor and cost avoidance from using the Couplet Care Bassinet in routine care for all postpartum families within a hospital.

The Couplet Care Infant Bed use assumptions are based on results of an independently conducted research study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

‍Output: Estimated time saved by nursing staff from reduced patient calls for non-medical reasons (e.g., infant handling within the postpartum room).

Clinical Efficiency

  • Key Insight: Traditional bassinets are associated with more patient calls for nursing assistance (e.g., for infant handling from the bassinet to the mother and back).
  • Assumption:
    • Traditional bassinets = 4.1 average calls/day
    • Couplet Care Infant Beds = 1.1 average calls/day
    • Time per call = 15 minutes (0.25 hours)
  • Output:
    • Nurse hours saved per year = (Call reduction) × (Time per call) × (Annual bed-days)
    • Example: Switching to a full fleet of Couplet Care Bassinets could save over 8,000 hours of nursing time annually in a hospital with 5,000 births/year.

Cost of Labor

  • Input: Your institution’s average hourly nurse wage.
  • Output: Total estimated Cost Avoidance per year based on time saved.
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Potential litigation savings from drop preventions
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In addition to improved clinical efficiency created by mothers being able to pick up and set down their newborns in the Couplet Care Bassinet, the research study identified that infants allocated to the Coupet Care Bassinet spent more time within postpartum rooms (there was less infant removal for non-medical reasons). This is important for many reasons, including adhering to best practice standards such as the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative. The Couplet Care Bassinet is also associated with high patient satisfaction. It is designed to reduce the risk of infant drops and accidental suffocation because it makes it easier for mothers to practice safe infant sleep practices.

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