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In general, approximately 70% of a microbiology laboratory budget is related to personnel costs. Although diagnostic procedures in the parasitology area are labor-intensive and may require a microscope with good optics, in general budget costs are minimal. Costs tend to increase if the newer immunoassay procedure kits are brought into the laboratory; however, these increased supply costs may be balanced out by diminished labor costs. Each laboratory will have to decide which procedures to offer, which tests can be performed in a batch mode, how many procedures will be ordered per month, what length of turnaround time is required, whether STAT testing is possible, and what options exist for referral laboratories, as well as taking educational initiatives and client preferences into consideration.

Although diagnostic parasitology can be an important part of the microbiology laboratory, it is just one section within the total laboratory context and should be analyzed as such for cost containment and clinical relevance.