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An Intelligent System for Proper Management and Disposal of Unused and Expired Medications
For years, several countries have been concerned about how to dispose of unused pharmaceuticals that can endanger human health and the environment. Moreover, some people are in desperate need of medical attention and medications, but they lack the financial resources to obtain them. In Saudi Arabia,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8910225/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35270568 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052875 |
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author | Banjar, Haneen Alrowithi, Rahaf Alhadrami, Sara Magrabi, Esraa Munshi, Reema Alrige, Mayda |
author_facet | Banjar, Haneen Alrowithi, Rahaf Alhadrami, Sara Magrabi, Esraa Munshi, Reema Alrige, Mayda |
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description | For years, several countries have been concerned about how to dispose of unused pharmaceuticals that can endanger human health and the environment. Moreover, some people are in desperate need of medical attention and medications, but they lack the financial resources to obtain them. In Saudi Arabia, there are no take-back medicine programs, and there is no published research on how medications properly are disposed. The aim of this research is to use the power of artificial intelligence to assist in the proper management and disposal of expired and unused medications and to develop a prototype device for collecting medication by automatically classifying medications for proper disposal and donation. In this research, artificial intelligence technologies such as web-based expert systems, image recognition and classification algorithms, chatbots, and the internet of things are used to assist in a take-back medications program. In conclusion, the prototype design of a web-based expert system and the device reduced improper disposal risks by providing significant advice on the safe disposal of unwanted pharmaceuticals. By using an organized method of collecting expired medications, the benefits were made possible. |
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spelling | pubmed-89102252022-03-11 An Intelligent System for Proper Management and Disposal of Unused and Expired Medications Banjar, Haneen Alrowithi, Rahaf Alhadrami, Sara Magrabi, Esraa Munshi, Reema Alrige, Mayda Int J Environ Res Public Health Article For years, several countries have been concerned about how to dispose of unused pharmaceuticals that can endanger human health and the environment. Moreover, some people are in desperate need of medical attention and medications, but they lack the financial resources to obtain them. In Saudi Arabia, there are no take-back medicine programs, and there is no published research on how medications properly are disposed. The aim of this research is to use the power of artificial intelligence to assist in the proper management and disposal of expired and unused medications and to develop a prototype device for collecting medication by automatically classifying medications for proper disposal and donation. In this research, artificial intelligence technologies such as web-based expert systems, image recognition and classification algorithms, chatbots, and the internet of things are used to assist in a take-back medications program. In conclusion, the prototype design of a web-based expert system and the device reduced improper disposal risks by providing significant advice on the safe disposal of unwanted pharmaceuticals. By using an organized method of collecting expired medications, the benefits were made possible. MDPI 2022-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8910225/ /pubmed/35270568 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052875 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Banjar, Haneen Alrowithi, Rahaf Alhadrami, Sara Magrabi, Esraa Munshi, Reema Alrige, Mayda An Intelligent System for Proper Management and Disposal of Unused and Expired Medications |
title | An Intelligent System for Proper Management and Disposal of Unused and Expired Medications |
title_full | An Intelligent System for Proper Management and Disposal of Unused and Expired Medications |
title_fullStr | An Intelligent System for Proper Management and Disposal of Unused and Expired Medications |
title_full_unstemmed | An Intelligent System for Proper Management and Disposal of Unused and Expired Medications |
title_short | An Intelligent System for Proper Management and Disposal of Unused and Expired Medications |
title_sort | intelligent system for proper management and disposal of unused and expired medications |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8910225/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35270568 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052875 |
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