TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Aerial drones for blood delivery
JO  - Transfusion
A1  - Draghic, Nicole
A1  - Ling, Geoffrey
SP  - 1608
EP  - 1611
VL  - 59
IS  - S2
N2  - Aerial drone technology is now in use to improve medical care, especially blood delivery. The use of aerial drones is broader than just this and includes aerial photography, express shipping and delivery, disaster management, search and rescue operations, crop monitoring, weather tracking, law enforcement, and structural assessment. This wide use promises to accelerate and, ideally, reduce the cost of technological advances of drones. By doing so, drone use offers the opportunity of improving health care, particularly in remote and/or underserved environments by decreasing lab testing turnaround times, enabling just-in-time lifesaving medical supply/device delivery, and reducing costs of routine prescription care in rural areas.<br><br>© 2019 AABB.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0041-1132
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/trf.15195
ID  - ref1
ER  -