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A Point-of-Care Method with Integrated Decision Support Tool to Estimate Anemia at Population Level

Little Flower Augustine¹, Teena Dasi¹, Ravindranadh Palika², Bharati Kulkarni¹, Raghu Pullakhandam², Divya Teja Pasupuleti¹, Santosh Kumar Banjara¹

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.