Interactive pollen monitoring and decision support system for patient, physician and pharmaceutical industry in İzmir

Objective: The main purpose of this study is to design and regularly update a web-site on which an allergen pollen calender for Izmir area and to serve it to be used by medical personal, patients and other others are already public.Method: In order to design the web based system, Wordpress 3.1 which is an open source and PHP based software and using MySQL as database management system, was used in the information system part of the study. Possible user profiles and their demands were determined. The Turkish and the Latin names of all pollen species which belong to Izmir region were uploaded to the database in order to make the process of uploading the pollen data easier. A data upload section was created for other air variables, such as CO2, SO2 and NOx, that can possibly interact with pollens and change allergen levels.It was planned to gather the pollen data with using volumetric (Lanzoni) and gravi-metric (Durham) methods. The Durham pollen catch device was used in this study. The amounts of pollen species were determined and analysed in a laboratory.Results: The website address is as www.izmirpolen.org, and the data from Botanic, air monitoring, otorhinolaryngology departments were used. Izmir pollen data that were obtained by using gravimetric method and Durham device were given to this web site. So that, local data can be provided to professionals who are dealing with allergies involving inhale system. This website is dedicated for the use of the public of Izmir and tourists.Conclusion: The website on which an allergen pollen calender for Izmir area and to serve it to be used by medical personal or patients.