A Point-of-Care Method with Integrated Decision Support Tool to Estimate Anemia at Population LevelLittle Flower Augustine 1, Teena Dasi 1, Ravindranadh Palika 2, Bharati Kulkarni 1, Raghu Pullakhandam 2, Divya Teja Pasupuleti 1, Santosh Kumar Banjara 1
1Clinical Division, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, 2Food and Drug Toxicology Division, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition
An accurate hemoglobin estimation method is lacking at the point of care and may hinder population-based programs for treating anemia. Therefore, we developed a point-of-care method based on pooled capillary blood and an auto-analyzer integrated into a custom software application to categorize the hemoglobin values into different grades of anemia.
