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Discover how DILAPAN-S could transform labour induction—saving time for healthcare staff, reducing healthcare costs, while enhancing patient care and increasing maternal satisfaction. Learn more about the impact of DILAPAN-S.

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Embrace a non-hormonal approach to labour induction that supports your medical team’s goals and enhances patient satisfaction.

11 %

Total cost savings with outpatient ripening

Up to

10 hours

of hospitalisation time saving with outpatient ripening

2.4 hours

Midwife time saved per IOL

Only 1 %

of the total IOL cost is the cost of the ripening agent

DILAPAN-S - key contributions to the IOL health economics

Time savings
  • Reduced workload
  • Shorter stay in hospital with outpatient ripening
Cost savings
  • Improved resource utilisation
  • Optimised patient flow
Improved patient care
  • Superior maternal satisfaction
  • Significantly decreased analgesia requirements

Inpatient cervical ripening with DILAPAN-S

is cost-equivalent to the dinoprostone vaginal insert, whilst additionally saving 2.4 hours per induction of labour.

Time savings

  • Reduced monitoring time
  • Lower rate of hyperstimulation
  • Significantly less analgesia requirements

Using data from SOLVE randomised clinical trial, a UK cost-consequence model compared two induction methods recommended by clinical guidelines (incl. NICE guideline): DILAPAN-S and dinoprostone vaginal insert. 


One of the key conclusions is that DILAPAN-S offers a time saving of up to 2.4 hours per induction.

Cost neutrality

  • The methods were evaluated as cost neutral
  • DILAPAN-S offers savings during ripening phase
  • Increased need for oxytocin augmentation may affect cost of active phase of labour

Clinical feedback suggests that there is a significant variation between hospitals in the frequency of oxytocin need. Clinical research into ways of reducing the use of oxytocin after successful mechanical cervical ripening (e.g. mobilisation of induced women) may provide a new clinical data to further optimise patient care.

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Outpatient cervical ripening with DILAPAN-S

may provide additional savings and further improve patient care.

Time saving and reduction of total hospital stay

  • Significant saving of around 10 hours from admission to active labour
  • Total hospital stay significantly reduced
  • Improved patient flow

The outpatient use of DILAPAN-S not only reduces hospital stay but may also increase maternal satisfaction. Importantly, it maintains a safety profile comparable to that of inpatient use.

 

Cost savings

  • Significantly shorter stay in hospital
  • Significantly higher VD24 rate* from admission
  • Reduction in analgesia use

The reduction in hospital stay and decreased staff time requirements associated with DILAPAN-S outpatient cervical ripening resulted in significant cost savings.

*VD24 rate—vaginal delivery rate within 24 hours

*VD24 rate—vaginal delivery rate within 24 hours

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Upfront cost impact

  • The upfront cost of cervical ripening agent represents only around 1% of the total cost
  • Cost-effectiveness is usually determined by parameters other than the purchase price of the product itself
Factors such as safety, analgesia usage, and staff time contributed much more in this cost analysis. For example, see how DILAPAN-S outpatient ripening can bring significant cost savings.

What users say

about DILAPAN-S?

Trusted by expectant mothers and doctors around the world.

…(with inserted DILAPAN-S) they go for a walk with their partner, they get in on the birthing ball, they're doing all those really positive things that are actually going to encourage labour rather than be stuck on a bed strapped to a monitor…
Healthcare Professional, Lead Midwife, Cardiff UK
- verified

Our women like that it’s in for a shorter period of time, there’s less risk for their baby as there’s no drugs or hormones that might cause hyperstimulation, they like the non-pharmacological option.
Healthcare Professional, Midwife, Nottingham, UK
- not verified

DILAPAN-S is a wonderful addition to our (IOL) options.
Healthcare Professional, Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, Calderdale, UK
- not verified

We were getting many complaints about how painful the induction process was with [a commonly used induction method, ed. note] and I'm pleased to say we saw DILAPAN-S exceed all of the expectations with a more comfortable night's sleep and a more comfortable insertion.
Healthcare Professional, Midwifery Sister, London UK
- verified

94% of women would recommend having DILAPAN-S to a friend who had also need an induction.
Healthcare Professional, Midwifery Sister, London UK
- verified

Probably the main change (after implementing DILAPAN-S) has been the comfort of the women on the ward, women are a lot better at mobilizing, also when they need to rest they can rest, reduction in our analgesia usage…
Healthcare Professional, Lead Midwife, Cardiff UK
- verified

I've been around through a lot of inducing procedures in my time, but I must say that the DILAPAN-S that we've been using recently in the last three years has actually changed our practice quite a lot. We've expanded the number of induction of labours for us in outpatients from 2% to about 35%.
Healthcare Professional, Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, Essex, UK
- verified

We particularly like using (DILAPAN-S) on high risk women and especially those with IUGR, small babies, GDM and VBACS because it does give us more control than prostaglandins.
Healthcare Professional, Matron at Royal Surrey, UK
- verified

We’re new to DILAPAN-S but we’ve seen really good results particularly in our primips. We’ve noticed improved patient flow, reduced time for induction, and freeing up more midwives since we’re not using [a commonly used induction method, ed. note], we’re not seeing women struggling with the pains and needing more attention.
Healthcare Professional, Midwife, North Cumbria, UK
- not verified

Rods were inserted into my cervix at 5pm, I had mild contractions all night in the hospital ward but managed to sleep. At 5am doctors removed the rods to find I was successfully 4cm dilated.
Mother
source: Thepositivebirthcompany.co.uk - not verified
5 rods of dilapan were inserted into my cervix on January 4th at 12pm. DILAPAN-S was inserted using a speculum similar to a smear test. It was a little uncomfortable but I didn't need any pain relief and once it was in you couldn't feel it. I went to the toilet as normal and was told it would stay in me for 12-15 hours to help soften the cervix. During this time I was having minor contractions which felt like mild period pains.(…) All in all it's probably been the best labour out of all 3 of my children.
Mother
source: mumsnet.com - not verified
This is basically a natural way to dilate you. I couldn't find any stories about using DILAPAN-S, so I had no idea what to expect. All the induction stories that I have seen online and heard people talk about I was scared because people say that an induction can go on for days and days. But the DILAPAN-S? I would get again.
Mother
source: youtube.com - verified
Basically, they are little rods that expand. So, they put these rods up inside you, and through osmosis, they expand. There are no hormones involved in the process and that means you can go home, whereas with the things like gels and pessaries, they are all hormone based. So, there is the risk of your cervix spasming and contracting, and that can lead to a really fast labour. There is much less risk.
Mother
source: youtube.com - verified
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