Intelligent Intravenous Drip Stand for Safe Infusions Using IoT Integration

Drip infusion monitoring is a tedious job for nurses or caretakers. At night time, there are chances that the bystanders forget to inform the nurse about the depleted bottle causing inconvenience to the patient. Human negligence can cause back flow of blood, air embolism and many other major/minor problems if bottle is not replenished at right time. There is a need to continuously monitor the bottle. Our project focuses on monitoring and controlling system that provides a solution to the above mentioned problem. The level of bottle is continuously transmitted to nurse’s phone improving his/her evaluable presence of all patients. The percentages 100, 80, 50, 20, 10 etc. were found correct in terms of the level observed. The latest technology Internet of Things (IoT) is used to build a bridge between nurse and patient. Non-contact level sensor are used to measure the level and send the data to the nurse station. After initiating the drip infusion, the drop in level can be viewed in nurse’s phone. The infusion can be stopped using servo mechanism. This project can bring a change in health care sector and can prove helpful to nurse or caretaker by reducing their workload. Infusions given in a ward or even an entire hospital can be remotely monitored using such systems.