Volume III
2014
VETERINARY OXYGEN INSIGHTS
Oxygen costs can
be a drag on profits.
The scene is all too common in today’s veterinary practice.
Once or twice a week (sometimes more) a truck
pulls up outside the hospital. The driver unloads the
hospital’s weekly order of high-pressure oxygen
tanks and picks up the empties. Specially trained staff,
assigned the responsibility
of changing out the tanks
throughout the week, log
Oxygen delivery truck at local veterinary hospital.
the new tanks in and confirm
current inventory. The process repeats itself over and over in veterinary
practices across the country and the cost per practice runs into thousands of dollars per year. On more than one occasion they’ve had to call for a last-minute delivery due to an unexpected
increase in emergency patients…which only adds to their cost and staff labor.
Surprisingly, most veterinary hospitals don’t really know their monthly or annual oxygen costs. They
don’t know HOW MUCH OXYGEN they are using or what it is really costing them each month in
LOST PROFITS. Once they finally do a deep-dive into the process they begin to understand the
economic and operational costs. Is there a better way? Fortunately, the answer is yes.
Advanced oxygen technology a real game changer.
Compare that scenario to Smith Veterinary Hospital in Santa Fe New Mexico who switched from a
liquid oxygen system to an airnetic self-generating central oxygen system. By making the switch
they accomplished several important benefits for their practice:
• Eliminated their liquid oxygen contract, deliveries & hazardous tank storage
• Lowered their oxygen cost, improved cash flow, and saved thousands of dollars a year
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Volume III
2014
“It wasn’t just a money thing
for us. We were also really
tired of the whole liquid
oxygen thing.”
- J. LYONS,
SMITH VETERINARY HOSPITAL
Airnetic’s Self-Generating Central Oxygen
Systems are making a difference in
veterinary practices across the country. And,
they are saving their clients thousands of
dollars a year, while creating a cleaner, safer
and more productive work place in the
process.
Newly installed airnetic 30 LPM central oxygen system
Knowing your numbers could save you thousands:
Finding out if an airnetic central oxygen system is right for your practice is a very simple process.
One of the key benefits of going through this simple exercise is discovering what your current
oxygen program is really costing your practice. Your specific oxygen information gives you real-time data that can be used to conduct a cost / value
analysis and determine if it makes economic and operational sense to consider switching from tankdelivered oxygen to an automatic central oxygen system.
Here’s the key information you will need to collect:
1.
A list of the equipment that uses oxygen in your practice:
a. Anesthesia machines ______
b. Snyder ICU cages
______
c. Other ICU cages
______
d. Respirators/Ventilators ______
e. Other (describe)
______
2. Actual Oxygen cost per month:
a.
b.
c.
d.
x 1.5 LPM
x 15 LPM
x ___ LPM
x ___ LPM
x ___ LPM
=
=
=
=
=
Total LPM _______
Total LPM _______
Total LPM _______
Total LPM _______
Total LPM _______
From actual invoices for past 6-12 months
Number of emergency deliveries _____; Delivery cost $__________: Oxygen cost $_______
Usual Number of H-Tanks or Liquid Tanks on site H-Tanks ______ Liquid Tanks _______
Do you have a Central Oxygen Distribution Line? Yes____ No ____
Or, Just Ask Us To Help
1.
You can contact the company directly at 1-800-923-6711 and tell them you would like a FREE
oxygen cost analysis for your practice.
2. You can go to the airnetic website www.airneticus.com and complete a simple oxygen usage
survey and receive a FREE cost analysis report via email or fax.
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