Saving data, saving lives: 3.6 billion Complete Blood Counts are performed and analysed globally each year, and form the bedrock of medical practice. They are the starting point for diagnoses the world over, but only a portion of the data is ever used while the rest is discarded. The Blood Counts team has found a way to 'save' these data points and is using them to form an infectious disease surveillance network of experts across clinical, quantitative science and corporate enterprises. Their solution is simple and cost effective, using existing equipment and technology. It does not need prior knowledge of the pathogen for analysis, or new equipment or reagents, and the computational requirements for data analysis are small.
In the first episode of The Trinity Challenge Winners Series, Dr Michael Roberts and Dr Nicholas Gleadall from the University of Cambridge talk to James Dray about Blood Counts, the solution that won joint 2nd prize at The Trinity Challenge Awards Ceremony in June 2021.
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