Mobile Application for Monitoring of Addition of Drugs to Infusion Fluids

Abstract

One of the duties of nurses to patients is controlled drip infusion or Intra Venous Fluid Drip (IVFD) and administration of drugs to patients. Individuals who are in sore need of fluids and medications in the number and types of different according to the illness. The amount and type of fluid and drug therapy should be appropriate in order to achieve an optimal effect. Giving intravenous fluid therapy (intravenous fluid therapy) and medication also need regulation and supervision (monitoring). Giving the wrong fluids and medications can aggravate the patient's illness. Intravenous fluid therapy and medications to do with principle 6 correctly i.e. correct patient's name, type of fluid, dose, route of administration, time of administration, and documentation. Control and drug infusion in each patient directly and regularly needs to be done by a nurse in order to prevent the occurrence of errors in the administration of intravenous fluids or medications. However, the control and drug infusion directly to each patient will certainly spend a lot of time. Addition, the possibility of error is generally common. This error may cause harm to the patient and increases health care costs. The monitoring system on the amount of drip infusion is still done manually, both in terms of its use and recording. Monitoring infusion in hospitals still rely on nurses as the registrar and regulator of the amount of drip infusion in patients. Nurses should always observe the patient every hour and aided by the patient's family as a reminder when the infusion runs out. Calculations and fluid therapy settings still must be done manually. This paper proposed application that support nurses in order to facilitate activities associated with the management of fluid therapy and medications to patients by using mobile application.