Despite advances in medicine, there are still many accidents where patients are given the wrong dose of medication.<br />Korean researchers have developed a new technology that can measure even minute amounts of medication in real time.<br />Park Se-young has more.<br />About ten-thousand accidents involving medication occur worldwide each year, …killing around one hundred people.<br />In most cases, this happens because either the medical team or a machine administers the wrong amount of medication to a patient.<br />To help prevent this, Korean researchers have developed a new measurement technology.<br />"Using laser diodes based on the infrared absorption method, the groundbreaking technology can measure the flow rate by gripping tubes and without cutting them."<br />The new flowmeter is contactless and can measure even minute amounts of medication in real time by the difference in temperature caused by different flow rates.<br />Until now, doses of medication like anesthetics were measured using ultrasonic waves but that method lacked accuracy.<br />"It's easy to install and can be implemented at a low cost so it can be widely used at hospitals to accurately monitor doses of drugs."<br />The study with support from the European Collaboration in Measurement Standards and the National Research Foundation of Korea …was published in the journal Metrologia.<br />Park Se-young, Arirang News.<br />
