Risk Management and Healthcare: IoT Technologies and Smart Monitoring System for a Good Cold Chain Management

Bengiovanni, Teresa; Rosito, Roberto Conte; Lacasa, Vincenzo; Simone, Eugenio; Sergi, Ilaria; Iacovone, Vincenzo; Viggiano, Michele; Patrono, Luigi

doi:10.23919/splitech49282.2020.9243821

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“…As stated in previous research [ 8 ], Cold Chain Management stands out as a relevant issue and can be addressed in the proposed work. Hence, the implementation of a real-time monitoring system for drugs, vaccines, medical devices, and biological samples (blood and its derivatives, saliva, urine, and cells of various types and classifications).…”

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Monitoring System for Operating Variables in Incubators in the Neonatology Service of a Highly Complex Hospital through the Internet of Things (IoT)

Aya-Parra,

Rodriguez-Orjuela,

Rodriguez Torres

et al. 2023

Sensors

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Background: Around 15 million premature babies are born annually, requiring specialized care. Incubators are vital for maintaining their body temperature, which is crucial for their well-being. Ensuring optimal conditions in incubators, including constant temperature, oxygen control, and comfort, is essential for improving the care and survival rates of these infants. Methods: To address this, an IoT-based monitoring system was developed in a hospital setting. The system comprised hardware components such as sensors and a microcontroller, along with software components including a database and a web application. The microcontroller collected data from the sensors, which was then transmitted to a broker via WiFi using the MQTT protocol. The broker validated and stored the data in the database, while the web application provided real-time access, alerts, and event recording. Results: Two certified devices were created, employing high quality components. The system was successfully implemented and tested in both the biomedical engineering laboratory and the neonatology service of the hospital. The results of the pilot test supported the concept of IoT-based technology, demonstrating satisfactory responses in temperature, humidity, and sound variables within the incubators. Conclusions: The monitoring system facilitated efficient record traceability, allowing access to data over various timeframes. It also captured event records (alerts) related to variable problems, providing information on duration, date, hour, and minutes. Overall, the system offered valuable insights and enhanced monitoring capabilities for neonatal care.

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Monitoring System for Operating Variables in Incubators in the Neonatology Service of a Highly Complex Hospital through the Internet of Things (IoT)

Aya-Parra,

Rodriguez-Orjuela,

Rodriguez Torres

et al. 2023

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“…RFID technology has been widely applied in worldwide management and logistics supply chains. There are two scenarios of RFID usage, namely under indoor and outdoor conditions [ 2 , 16 , 17 , 18 ]. For indoor RFID usage, the users utilized RFID tags to manage many resources such as patient healthcare information, medical equipment, or drug delivery in the hospital.…”

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Deployment of Smart Specimen Transport System Using RFID and NB-IoT Technologies for Hospital Laboratory

Chit

Truong

et al. 2023

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In this study, we propose a specimen tube prototype and smart specimen transport box using radio frequency identification (RFID) and narrow band–Internet of Things (NB-IoT) technology to use in the Department of Laboratory Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. Our proposed method replaces the existing system, based on barcode technology, with shortage usage and low reliability. In addition, tube-tagged barcode has not eliminated the lost or incorrect delivery issues in many laboratories. In this solution, the passive RFID tag is attached to the surface of the specimen tube and stores information such as patient records, required tests, and receiver laboratory location. This information can be written and read multiple times using an RFID device. While delivering the specimen tubes via our proposed smart specimen transport box from one clinical laboratory to another, the NB-IoT attached to the box monitors the temperature and humidity values inside the box and tracks the box’s GPS location to check whether the box arrives at the destination. The environmental condition inside the specimen transport box is sent to the cloud and can be monitored by doctors. The experimental results have proven the innovation of our solution and opened a new dimension for integrating RFID and IoT technologies into the specimen logistic system in the hospital.

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“…The diffusion of emerging technologies enabling the Internet of Things such as embedded systems, mobile Apps and Cloud services, it is possible to obtain continuous monitoring of sensitive substances and environments. Previous work by [11] proposed a system called SensIC for monitoring the refrigerated storage of drugs, vaccines, medical devices and any biological samples (blood and its derivatives, saliva, urine, cells of various types and classification). The proposed system offers immediate alarm tools in case of malfunction of the refrigeration systems (fridge and/or freezers) using implementation of smart device called SensBox and a cloud infrastructure dedicated to device management.…”

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Implementation of IoT and Blockchain for Temperature Monitoring in Covid19 Vaccine Cold Chain Logistics

Halim¹,

Halim²,

Usman³

et al. 2021

OIJI

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The current COVID-19 pandemic impacted globally and resulted one hundred million cases with almost two and half million death to-date. The concerns of further spread of the virus has caused the global economy to a halt when most countries globally implementing movement control. Recent approved vaccines developed by multiple fronts has shed some hoped for the recovery of the human activities back to pre-pandemic state. For Malaysia, the government has procured the vaccine from six suppliers and each vaccine require proper temperature monitoring to ensure the safety and the efficacy of the vaccines during transportation and distribution process. Effective vaccine Cold Chain Logistics (CCL) management will be required precise coordination and cooperation across multiple parties to ensure the quality of the vaccines which require temperature monitoring, distribution of records for traceability. Furthermore, the CCL process continuity is becoming critical from the handover point at Malaysia point of receipt from the manufacturer and further distribution from central storage to the two hundred vaccination center across the country. Key concerns will be the vaccines’ CCL process for remote areas in Malaysia. This paper will describe the architecture required to integrate IoT and Blockchain into the CCL management system to monitor the temperature of insulated container or cooler box. While this project may not be able to cover all the parameters it will serve an indication of the required system engineering consideration for the IoT and Blockchain application for the vaccine CCL management

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Risk Management and Healthcare: IoT Technologies and Smart Monitoring System for a Good Cold Chain Management

Cited by 7 publications

References 2 publications

Monitoring System for Operating Variables in Incubators in the Neonatology Service of a Highly Complex Hospital through the Internet of Things (IoT)

Monitoring System for Operating Variables in Incubators in the Neonatology Service of a Highly Complex Hospital through the Internet of Things (IoT)

Deployment of Smart Specimen Transport System Using RFID and NB-IoT Technologies for Hospital Laboratory

Implementation of IoT and Blockchain for Temperature Monitoring in Covid19 Vaccine Cold Chain Logistics

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