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

Communications Medicine (May 2022)

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

Affiliations

Li Wen: Information Department, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital
Zhiwen Ou: Information Department, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital
Wenzhou Duan: Information Department, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital
Weijie Zhu: Information Department, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital
Xiongzhi Xiao: Information Department, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital
Ying Zhang: Information Department, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital
Huanquan Luo: Information Department, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital
Weibin Cheng: Institute for Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Application, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital
Wanmin Lian: Information Department, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00118-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Wen et al. discuss how implementing a 5G network in hospitals can be used to reduce nosocomial infections. Such systems can reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Published in Communications Medicine

ISSN: 2730-664X (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsmed/

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