• Martin J L Bucx, Jouke J J Landman, Hein A W van Onzenoort, Matthijs Kox, and Gert-Jan Scheffer.
• Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre, Internal postal code 717, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: Martin.Bucx@Radboudumc.nl.
• J Clin Anesth. 2015 Jun 1;27(4):307-10.

Study ObjectiveThe study objective is to investigate the effects of a simple price list sticker placed on vaporizers on anesthetic use and costs. The price list only showed the cost per hour of the annually most expensive drugs, which had a low-cost alternative.DesignThe design is a prospective database study with historical controls.SettingThe setting is at operating rooms.PatientsAll patients are undergoing a surgical procedure under anesthesia in both study periods, except cardiothoracic and day care patients.InterventionsThe intervention is application of a price list sticker on the vaporizers.MeasurementsMonthly cost and amount of anesthetic agents used during the 9 months before and after the intervention.Main ResultsAfter application of the price stickers, the use of both the annually most expensive agents and the anesthetic budget decreased substantially. Most notable was a decrease of 28% in the use of sevoflurane.ConclusionsPrice sticker on vaporizers may be an effective, simple, and cheap method to reduce anesthetic costs.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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