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ArticleBMC medical informatics and decision making2025

Modeling anesthetic-drug label detection for low-resource operating rooms.

Solomon Nsumba, Flavia Delmira Ninsiima, Mary Juliet Nampawu, Peter Nabende, Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende

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Solomon NsumbaDepartment of Computer Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. snsumba@gmail.com.
Flavia Delmira NinsiimaDepartment of Computer Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Mary Juliet NampawuDepartment of Anesthesiology, CoRSU Rehabilitation Hospital, Kisubi, Uganda.
Peter NabendeDepartment of Computer Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Joyce Nakatumba-NabendeDepartment of Computer Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

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Abstract

Medication errors during surgical procedures pose significant risks to patient safety, particularly in low-resource healthcare settings. In this study, we present the development and evaluation of computer vision models for detecting clinical errors related to syringe and vial swaps during anesthetic drug administration at the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services for People with Disability in Uganda (CoRSU Hospital). Leveraging data collected through wearable head-mounted cameras, we created a custom dataset comprising annotated images of syringes and vials labeled with a diverse range of drugs used in the operating room. Three deep learning-based object detection architectures were trained: YOLOv11n, YOLOv12n, and RT-DETR large. The RT-DETR model achieved marginally higher performance, with a precision of 0.89, recall of 0.85, and mAP50 of 0.86, outperforming both YOLO variants across key metrics. The models provide a foundation for real-time monitoring tools aimed at reducing medication errors and improving clinical safety protocols in resource-constrained surgical environments.

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AnestheticsDeep LearningDrug LabelingMedication ErrorsOperating RoomsDetection AlgorithmsHumansResource-Limited SettingsSyringesUgandaAnestheticsAnesthesiologyComputer visionMedical error detectionObject detection

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PMID41422028
PMCPMC12837600

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