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Table 4 Number of screening equipment units needed to reach optimum efficiency depending on the discount granted on antidote prices

From: Preparing for a “dirty bomb” attack: the optimum mix of medical countermeasure resources

Discount on antidote prices

Cesium-137

Americium-241

Monitoring portal units

Costs per life year saved (€/year)

Whole-body counter units

Costs per life year saved (€/year)

−10%

6

31,281

20

304,674

−30%

6

26,124

20

266,666

−50%

3

20,307

15

224,202

−70%

3

13,799

15

174,612

−90%

2

6620

5

100,042

  1. Assumptions: Scenario with 60,000 potentially contaminated people and 1% of them actually needing treatment; purchasing cost of a monitoring portal 100,000 € and screening capacity of 10,000 people/d and unit; purchasing cost of a whole-body counter 500,000 € and screening capacity of 100 people/d and unit