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Smart Intravenous Infusion Monitoring and Detection System In Healthcare Institutions Using IoT Technology: A Qualitative Study

. Nzerue-Kenneth Peace Ezinne, Ajah Ifeyinwa Angela, Nzerue Onyebuchi Kenneth & Nnadozie Ugochukwu Uzodimma


Abstract

In recent days, traditional methods used in monitoring intravenous fluid in healthcare institutions, especially in Nigeria are becoming obsolete due to heavy workload, more patients, negligence, and inattentiveness as a result it becomes more harmful to patients' health.  When saline is consumed without immediate attention or when there are irregularities in the fluid droplet the consequences are always fatal: complications include blood rushing back to the saline bottle, and air bubble occurrence which prompts air embolism and stroke. More so, when there is regularity in the fluid droplet that is intravenous fluid restriction: the flow rate could be high or low. When it's high, it leads to fluid overload, and when its low it results in fluid under load as a result causes heart failure, tissue breakdown, pulmonary edema, and bowel malfunction. The system made use of four sensors to troubleshoot the above-mentioned problem effectively. The load cell sensor was used to monitor and detect liquid level, capacitive sensors function as a droplet sensor to detect intravenous fluid and the air bubble sensor detects the air in the drip set. Through these techniques, patients can be monitored from the control room.

Index Terms: The Internet of Things (IoT); IV Therapy; Intramuscular route of administration; IV fluids;

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