• 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