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Saline Level Indicator for Hospitals using IoT Kush Manish Sethia1, Hardik Amit Karnad2, Mayur Gosavi3 1Member, Young Engineer’s Club, Science Kidz Educare, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2Member, Young Engineer’s Club, Science Kidz Educare, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 3Mentor, Young Engineer’s Club, Science Kidz Educare, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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the safety and efficiency of IV fluid administration. This project aims to address these challenges by taking advantage of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology to develop a saline level indicator that detects bubbles, monitors fluid volume, and ensures appropriate glucose concentration. By integrating IoT (Internet of Things) technology into the healthcare setting, we can improve patient comfort, reduce suffering, and optimize patient care, ultimately leading to better outcomes and a more patient-centric approach to IV fluid management.
fluids and electrolytes are particularly common in emergency departments, acute admission units, and general medical and surgical wards. When the solution's glucose concentration is higher/lower than usual or air pockets form inside the saline, patients experience severe agony. Proof: Infusions of either too much or too little fluid led to the demise of a considerable number of hospitalized patients, according to the 1999 report from the National Confidential Inquiry into Perioperative Mortality. Referencing the paper, fluid prescriptions need to have the same legal standing as prescriptions for medications. It's likely that up to 1 in 5 patients getting IV fluids and electrolytes can experience difficulty or morbidity as a result of inappropriate dose. Improper fluid therapy management is identified as one of the main cause of unnecessary patient harm. Patients may feel distress and experience hand swelling.
Fig -1: Summary We struck across our concept after observing how nurses normally monitor the glucose level in IV bags. There are three common methods nurses do this with: Visual inspection – this is the most common technique used and it merely is the visual observation of obvious discolouration which occurs in IV bags after the glucose concentration reduces by a remarkable amount. This method of diagnosis entirely depends on how skilled a nurse is at determining if the glucose levels are enough for the patient in question solely through observing the discoloration of the fluid. Label verification – all IV bags are required to have a label. This label provides basic information about the contents of the bag, for example, the type of fluid (normal saline, lactated Ringer’s solution, or other specific formulations), the volume of liquid originally in the bag, the glucose concentration of the fluid in the bag, the expiry date of the IV fluid and etc. Nurses can read this label and, with only a slight amount of sureness, can tell if the bag is usable for the specific patient or not. This guessing can introduce an element of risk for the patient. Use of test strips – in certain cases, the nurses may bring test strips. These strips change colour according to the concentration of glucose brought into contact with them. The nurses have to take out some liquid to test using the strip. This colour on these strips then can be compared against a reference scale and can roughly tell the glucose concentration of the liquid. This method also has an element of guessing and human error involved.
Solution: We present a contemporaneous solution for this intravenous therapy (IV) related dilemma which many patients are facing. This project would prevent such pain by immediately alerting the nurses available to replace the saline without the patient going through any uneasiness. This would be achieved by the assist of the technology called IoT (Internet of Things) which will allow us to reach our objective. Key Words: IV fluids, saline, improper fluid therapy management, intravenous therapy (IV), IoT (Internet of Things)
1 INTRODUCTION In recent years, ensuring optimal patient care and minimizing discomfort have become central objectives within the healthcare system. One crucial aspect of patient care is the administration of intravenous (IV) fluids, which is a common practice in hospitals for maintaining hydration, delivering medications, and providing essential nutrients. However, complications and unnecessary discomfort can arise from unfitting fluid treatment, such as the presence of air bubbles or variations in glucose concentration within the IV fluid. These issues can result in severe distress for patients and potentially compromise their well-being. Therefore, it is essential to explore innovative strategies and
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