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@article{178008,
        author = {DHAYANITHI G and BASKAR P and SANTHOSH M and MATHAN S and PACKIYAM K},
        title = {ENSURING DRUG SAFETY AND EXPOSING COUNTERFEIT DRUGS USING BLOCKCHAIN AND IOT},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {12},
        pages = {2991-2996},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=178008},
        abstract = {The increase in the work stress and decrease in the time for oneself has led to the rise in the dependency on the medicines and drugs. The drugs and medicines are the key sources for saving the human life when the patient is in the danger. In order to maintain regular and quality supply of the drugs and medicines has to monitor on the regular basis. There are numerous medicines and drugs brought in the store but usually drugs and medicines are stolen to satisfy one’s greed, get expired or placed at unknown locations in the store. So to prevent such situation and saving the life of the patient Drug and Medicine Monitoring Model can be used. The model uses the RFID and IoT technology in order to monitor the drugs and medicines in the store. With the help of this system the chemist or the hospital will have the knowledge of the medicines and drugs available, the medicines and drugs quality, their location and their safety.},
        keywords = {},
        month = {May},
        }