Testing a Device for Automatically TRacking Urine and STool in an Inpatient HCT Setting (Project TRUST)
Duke University
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a prototype toilet device that we have developed can accurately and automatically track human fluid output from renal and gastrointestinal systems in the hospital. The device includes components that can be outfitted onto existing toilets. In this study, participants hospital room will be outfitted with the prototype toilet device. Participants will use the toilet as usual throughout the duration of their inpatient stay. Sometimes output will be measured by the device, and other times output will be measured manually by nurses.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–80 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Scheduled to undergo an allogeneic or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant for any cancer or non-cancer illness through the Duke ABMT clinic * Age 18-80 years * Karnofsky Performance Scale KPS ≥ 70 * Able to read/write English Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to use toilet device due to physical constraints, e.g. waste excreted through stoma or catheter * Physician recommendation that patient does not use standard urine/stool collection hat during days 1-2 of HCT conditioning
Interventions
- DeviceElectronic Device for Toilet
Device will be installed on toilet of patients will in hospital to measure all waste output.
Location
- Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina