Biological Samples, Drone Transport, Unmanned Aerial System
Conditions
Keywords
drone transport, biological samples, unmanned aerial system, UAS
Brief summary
The Hospital Group of Territory Somme Littoral Sud, through its biology sector and in partnership with the company DELIVRONE, aims to engage in the experiment of transporting biological samples by means of a drone platform. Transport by air will be between the CHAM, the Abbeville Hospital and the CHU Amiens-Picardie by flying as much as possible over the waterways via the Somme. With a flight speed of around 100km/h at an altitude between 80 and 120 m, drones will be able to connect sites in less than an hour by transporting packages between 2 and 3 kg. Powered by propellers connected to rechargeable batteries, these drones do not emit CO2. This type of transport has not been validated in France by measuring the analytical impact of transport constraints for medical biology, and has never been evaluated according to the criteria of ISO 15189 standard allowing the certification of medical biology laboratories. Validation steps of this transportation method are therefore necessary on pathological samples prior to routine use. The aim of the project is to validate the transport of biological samples by drone under defined flight conditions between CHAM and CHU Amiens-Picardie
Interventions
BIOLOGICALblood sampling
Blood sampling from healthy volunteers
OTHERdrone transportation
drone transportation
OTHERcar transportation
car transportation
Sponsors
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Centre Hospitalier de l'Arrondissement de Montreuil-sur-mer
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* participants of legal age * No contraindication to blood collection * Voluntary * informed and consenting participants
Exclusion criteria
* Impossible to collect sufficient blood volume * Refusal to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Variation of destination arrival between both transportation types | one hour | Arrival of the load at its destination |
| Variation of sample temperature during transportation | one hour | maintaining the defined temperatures |
| Variation of sample allotted time after both transportation types | one hour | Absence of variation of the allotted time of both samples after transportation |
| Variation of sample degradation after both transportation types | one hour | Absence of physical degradation of both samples after transportation |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed