Open AccessUser-Centered Design: Developing the RELI Delivery System – a Low-Cost, Non-Electric, Pneumatic Infusion Pump
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Abu-Haydar,
David Katuntu,
James D. Bauer,
Alec Wollen,
Mike Eisenstein,
Jill Sherman-Konkle,
Anthony Roche,
Michael Ruffo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medical devices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1179-1470
DOI - 10.2147/mder.s295893
Subject(s) - stakeholder , formative assessment , end user , focus group , risk analysis (engineering) , health care , computer science , patient safety , operations management , business , process management , engineering , marketing , statistics , public relations , mathematics , political science , economics , economic growth , operating system
Infusion pumps are the preferred method for intravenous delivery of drugs and fluids, and an essential tool in health facilities. Their high cost, complexity and reliance on electricity pose serious challenges to wide-spread use, availability and access in low- and middle-income countries. PATH developed the RELI Delivery System (RELI), a low cost, non-electric infusion pump to address these challenges. Input collected from fifty-nine newborn and maternal care providers and from seven national level decision makers in Uganda was used to guide product development, further informing product design requirements, and optimal design features to best serve their needs.