DocumentCode
1710008
Title
Design of a blood flow system
Author
Osuntogun, A. ; Thomas, S. ; Pitman, J. ; Basavaraju, S. ; Mulenga, B. ; Vempala, S.
Author_Institution
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
fYear
2009
Firstpage
481
Lastpage
481
Abstract
Blood is a vital but often scarce resource in developing countries. It is crucial that safe blood is made available for transfusions in hospitals and clinics to prevent the spread of transfusion-transmitted infections (TTI) such as HIV, hepatitis and syphilis. We present a system designed to promote hemovigilance in developing countries by monitoring the collection and usage patterns of blood, predicting collection and usage for upcoming time periods and finding an allocation assignment for blood distribution that is fair and efficient.
Keywords
blood; diseases; haemodynamics; patient care; patient monitoring; safety; HIV; Hepatitis; Syphilis; TTI; blood collection; blood distribution; blood flow; hemovigilance; transfusion-transmitted infections; transfusions; Blood flow; Blood Safety; Developing Nations; Health;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD), 2009 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Doha
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4662-9
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-4663-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426726
Filename
5426726
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