A Portable Micro Factory for Point of Use Production of Pharmaceutical Grade IV Serum
In areas affected by conflict, health systems are often overwhelmed and under resourced. Critical care medicine is often neglected in acute settings where resource limitations leave healthcare workers and patients without the essential medicines and pharmaceutical grade serums needed to treat patients.
To address this challenge, Bureau Diocésain des Œuvres Médicales will develop a micro-factory, using their energy grid-independent water purification system. The system is able to produce pharmaceutical grade intravenous (P-IV) serums, including, but not limited to, pharmaceutical water, normal saline, and oral rehydration solution. The system will involve a water sterilization system combined with a mixing ad packaging system for pharmaceutical grade intravenous serums and oral rehydration solutions.
This system builds on their existing water purification technology which uses environmental heat to drive the distillation of local water resources. This water is UV sterilized after distillation. The water is then provided to a mixing system that combines sterile pharmaceutical grade salt, sugar, or other compounds to create medical grade serum. The serum is then packaged in medical grade sterile bags which can be stored at room temperature and can be stably transported to local medical centers after quality and safety controls.
