Turn waste into treasure? The octopus-shaped intravenous drip hook made from the hospital-recovered polypropylene hospital gown has been well received by children patients.
The Royal Cornish hospital has unveiled an intravenous drip hook called Olly, invented by Falmouth University Junior Mitchell. These blue cartoon-style octopus drop hooks are not only super cute in appearance, but also detachable in all parts, easy to maintain and practical. Its load-bearing capacity is ordinary drip hook 3 times, and made of polypropylene hospital gown, environmental protection durable, loved by small patients. Mitchell has also developed a companion App that allows patients to interact with Olly through the Olly App, adding to the fun of living in a hospital. After parents log on to the App, they can also view their children’s emotional state in real time, which helps ease parents’ anxiety.
Mitchell, referring to Olly’s inspiration, said that a study of health care workers had found that the standard IV stand currently used in hospitals was easily damaged and that if it was damaged, it had to be thrown out completely to buy a new one. This led to the idea of improving the infusion rack drip hook. Ma?hal, head nurse of the liver ward at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, praised the invention as a positive impact on the treatment of children and hoped it could be extended to more hospitals in the future.