Using a 5G network in hospitals to reduce nosocomial infection during the COVID-19 pandemic

Li Wen; Zhiwen Ou; Wenzhou Duan; Weijie Zhu; Xiongzhi Xiao; Ying Zhang; Huanquan Luo; Weibin Cheng; Wanmin Lian

doi:10.1038/s43856-022-00118-3

Using a 5G network in hospitals to reduce nosocomial infection during the COVID-19 pandemic

Commun Med (Lond). 2022 May 12:2:51. doi: 10.1038/s43856-022-00118-3. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Li Wen¹, Zhiwen Ou¹, Wenzhou Duan¹, Weijie Zhu¹, Xiongzhi Xiao¹, Ying Zhang¹, Huanquan Luo¹, Weibin Cheng², Wanmin Lian¹

Affiliations

¹ Information Department, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
² Institute for Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Application, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in nosocomial transmission of COVID-19 within hospitals and other healthcare settings such as residential homes and primary care settings. Here, we discuss how a 5G network can be used to reduce such infections.

Keywords: Epidemiology; Viral infection.