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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426726
