A Novel Approach for an IoT based Saline Bottle Level Monitoring System

Abstract

Abstract: The lack of care for people with sufficient skill in hospitals and their heavy duty has become a social problem in the modern world. Development of low-cost health monitoring systems is an essential need for every hospital in the days to come. Various engineering designs are carried for the benefit of hospital facility enhancement. Several health monitoring sensors for humans in bed have been developed. Several sophisticated techniques and equipment have been evolved for treatment of patients in hospitals. However, management and monitoring of the level of saline bottles becomes the fundamental need for good patient care. For patients who require continuous saline, assessment and replacement of saline bottles require manual interface which may not be accurate sometimes i.e., due to the busy schedule, observers may tend to forget to change the saline bottle at the appropriate time. In this paper, a saline monitoring system is designed and prototype is developed which continuously monitors the level of saline in the absence of any hospital staff. The main purpose of this system is to automatically track the saline level of a patient using Arduino UNO R3 and a load cell with HX711. The whole system is remotely controlled by an Android OS smartphone based on Internet of Things (IoT). When the load of the saline bottle reaches a very low level then an alert message will be sent to the nurse and doctor.

Index Terms: Internet of Things (IoT), Arduino UNO R3, Load cell, Saline monitoring