Chemo To Go, Please!
Home chemotherapy is a new form of treatment that allows patients to take their chemo “to go”.
Home chemotherapy is a new form of treatment that allows patients to take their chemo “to go”, instead of staying at the hospital – An environment known as a breeding ground for infection. When patients stay home, they are more active. They exercise more, see friends and family, catch fewer infections, eat more and sleep better – All of which leads to a quicker recovery. The treatment consists of an IV bag attached to an infusion pump, which is housed in a wearable “chemo bag” that the patient takes home. The original chemo bag couldn’t be washed or reused, was an eyesore and didn’t meet the hospital’s needs for hygiene and safety. Upon entering the project, we used codesign tools and methods such as ethnographic interviews, workshops, design games, sketching and generative prototyping in an effort to unpack the problems surrounding home treatment. These findings informed our re-design of the chemo bag along with a collection of insights and inspiration for the future implementation.