Application
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Designed for trained midwives and birth attendants in clinical/home, low-resource settings
Advantages
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Low cost
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Easily disposable
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Calibrated to ensure accurate readings
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Allows quantification of blood loss
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Attached belt optimizes blood collection
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Culturally acceptable solution, as many births already involve a cloth/drape
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Simple to use
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Provides a hygienic delivery surface
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Health care workers found it to be useful
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Studies show the drape estimates PPH four times as often as visual estimates
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Drape lead to earlier transfer from rural areas to a higher facility
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Allows for easy disposal of body fluids after birth
Important Milestones Achieved
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Developed prototype
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Three efficacy studies collected in rural villages in India
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Large validation study being conducted at University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine
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Currently being field tested in Tibet, Vietnam, Egypt, Ecuador, Brazil, and Argentina
Proposed Next Steps in Development
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Continuing trials in U.S. and developing countries
Partnerships/Collaboration Network
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University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine
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Jawaharlal Nehru Medical Center
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University of Illinois at Chicago