Author: hilariomackinlay
A*STAR and Local SME Work with Vaccination Centres to Deploy AVID System for Filling Syringes
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) has developed an Automated Vaccine Inoculation Dispenser (AVID) system, which replaces the manual step of filling injection syringes with vaccine liquid. AVID is customised for vaccination centres set up by the Ministry of Health and operated by private healthcare providers. Automated Vaccine Inoculation Dispenser (AVID) developed by A*STAR’s Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC) and Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) in collaboration with local systems integrator Sysmatic Global. AVID was designed to address the labour-intensive steps of the vaccination process to reduce the workload of healthcare providers, increase accuracy and productivity, ... Read more