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Costings

The following costings are a guide for the services of the Dunedin Colorectal Cancer Cohort study co-ordinator.  Please discuss the requirements for your particular project with the study co-ordinator to clarify costings.

Item Description Specimen number Time (hours) Cost per specimen Cost (no overheads) Cost (with overheads)
Case selection Review of cohort to identify appropriate cases Hourly rate        
Travel time Per retrieval (Awanui Labs)   1   $30 N/A
Stored FFPE Retrieval** Retrieval of FFPE blocks from Awanui Labs^ Per case   $20

 

$20

 

N/A

 

Stored FFPE and FFPE processing Retrieving FFPE from DNCRC storage. De-identification, administration Hourly rate        
Banked tissue – Fresh frozen* Identification of specimens, retrieval, sectioning, replacement Up to 10

10-20

20-30

30-40

40-50

>50

  $25

$25

$23

$23

$20

$20

$250

$500

$690

$920

$1000

>$1000

$500

$1000

$1380

$1840

$2000

>$2000

 

Fresh Tissue collection Specimen collection and processing 1 1.5   $65 $130
Fresh Blood collection Specimen collection and processing 1 1   $40 $80
Fresh sample patient prep fee*** Patient recruitment, paperwork and administration, lab preparation Per patient   $50 $50 $100
Blood collection Awanui Labs (research only)** Blood collection by Awanui phlebotomist staff, when outside routine blood samples 1 patient   $47 $47 N/A
Lymph node collection** Lymph node retrieval and assessment by Awanui cut-up lab staff 1   $38.5 $38.5 N/A
Clinical Data*** Clinical data export 10     $200 $400
Recruitment*** Recruitment of study participants, including consent 1 2   $100 $200
Study co-ordination /Administration Participants/research team meetings, communication, paperwork, background research Hourly rate        
Pathologist time Pathologist review of specimens Hourly rate        

*If normal and tumour tissues are requested for one participant this is two specimens

^Sectioning to be performed by group requesting specimens

** Researcher/PI to provide purchase order number to SCL

***For some studies this cost will be higher – please discuss with study co-ordinator