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All Foodservice and Nutrition Care Managers recognize that the delivery of a patient's tray which is in accordance with the patient's current diet order is extremely important. This is from both the clinical nutrition care perspective and from the viewpoint of needing to control patient meal costs. Many times diet orders change just before, or right at, meal times. If the Food and Nutrition Services staff is not aware of a change prior to the assembly of a patient's tray, a duplicate tray must be assembled and the first tray discarded. This document assists in calculating the cost of these duplicate trays and the net savings realized as a result of using automation to immediately enter diet order changes and print an "up-to-the-moment" correct trayline card for patients with changed diet orders. Input your numbers into the textboxes, then the click the Calculate button. All fields required.

Cost of Duplicate Trays	Value
Enter the average number of duplicate patient trays assembled each day at your facility.
Enter the average cost per patient meal (food and labor) at your facility.	$

Cost of duplicate trays per day (will be calculated upon submit)
Cost of duplicate trays per month (will be calculated upon submit)
Cost of duplicate trays per year (will be calculated upon submit)

Cost for Automation	Value
Enter the projected average monthly cost for automation (include allocation for start-up, training, etc.)	$

Cost Savings	Value
Actual cost savings per month (will be calculated upon submit)
Actual cost savings per year (will be calculated upon submit)

Percent Savings of Monthly Food/Supply Budget	Value
Enter the monthly food and supply budget at your facility	$

Duplicate Tray Cost Savings Percent (will be calculated upon submit)