The Apheresis Unit at Monument Health is experiencing an increasing demand for its procedures and the manager is concerned about the impact of this growth on staffing needs. The unit recently brought in a consultant to forecast demand and develop work- load standards for each procedure. The standard workload hours and annual forecasted volume are shown in Table EX 7.3. Indirect support time is 0.15 hours per procedure and total administrative hours for all staff average 7.5 hours per day. The target utilization rate is 75 percent and the allowance factor for fringe benefits is 9.8 percent. a. Table EX 7.3 Procedure Photopheresis RBC Exchange Plasmapheresis Stem Cell Leukopheresis Platelet Exchange Standard Hours 3.495 2.59 2.71 7.38 4 3.365 Volume 833 64.5 310 448 16.5 3 Calculate the standard hours per month for the nurse FTEs running the Apheresis Unit. b. Determine the target nursing staff level for the Apheresis Unit, accounting for fringe benefits. C. The unit's nurse manager is considering purchasing new Cell-Ex equipment, which would reduce the standard procedure time for photopheresis by 80 minutes and stem cell procedure time by 210 minutes. Determine the reduction in the target nursing staff level for the Apheresis Unit, accounting for fringe benefits, if the Cell-Ex equip- ment is purchased.