REVIEW PAPER ON IV BAG MONITORING USING IOT FOR HOSPITALS

During the peak of the Covid-19 Pandemic, healthcare professionals found themselves spread thin among the ever-increasing wave of incoming patients. In such times, it is not possible for frontline workers to monitor and tend to each and every patient personally. Intravenous therapy is a medical technique used to deliver fluids, medications and nutrition directly into a person’s vein. IV therapy is commonly used for rehydration and to provide nutrients and is crucial to help an individual with making a speedy recovery. However, IV drips need to be regularly monitored and replaced. The flow of the fluid also needs to be metered depending on the patient and their ailment. This IoT Intravenous Fluid Monitoring uses a weight sensor to detect as the fluid level in the IV Infusion bottle goes down and transmits the data over IoT. Once the system detects that the bottle has gone empty, it sends an alert over IoT. The proposed system alerts medical staff to continuous and timely changes of IV bottles, which can have positive effects on increasing the success of IV therapy, especially in oncology patients. The prescribed drip time of IV chemotherapy for the full effect of cytostatic should be imperative.