Iot-Based Transport Monitoring System for Pharmaceutical Industry

Medications have a crucial impact on patient’s lives, serving as essential resources for managing and enhancing health. They address a wide range spectrum of medical conditions from acute illness to chronic diseases, helping in relieving symptoms, controlling disease progression, and enhancing overall well-being. On the other hand, they are highly sensitive products that require meticulous attention to their storage and transportation due to their delicate composition and the critical role they play in healthcare. The IoT-based transport monitoring system for the pharmaceutical industry is a technological solution that is designed to ensure the safe and efficient transportation of medical supplies, medications, and other healthcare products. The primary goal of the system is to maintain the integrity and quality of sensitive goods throughout the entire transportation process from the point of origin to the destination. Many medical products such as vaccines, medications, insulin, etc. are highly sensitive to temperature fluctuations, and humidity levels, for instance, vaccines can become ineffective if exposed to temperature outside the recommended range. A growing range of medical products now necessitate controlled storage and transportation environments, specifically within the temperature range of 2 °C to 8 °C. It is imperative to ensure that these medical items are consistently kept within this narrow temperature range, just above freezing, throughout the entire distribution process. The comprehensive monitoring system is developed as a multi-node system and has multiple embedded modules, which read the temperature and humidity values, using the sensors placed strategically placed within the transport container or the packaging unit. These sensors continuously measure the conditions and transmit real-time data to a central hub via the gateway using the ZigBee-based RF communication, and from there the data is uploaded to the cloud and the users can access data using an Android app.