IoT outpacing AI and other emerging technologies in infection-conscious nursing

Of five emerging technologies used by nurses to help control infectious diseases, the Internet of Things is the most promising, according to a scoping review conducted at Aix-Marseille University in France and published March 25 in Nursing Open.

The reviewers base the assertion on the IoT’s validation in more scientific studies than any of the other contenders—AI, information and communications technology, simulation technology and e-learning.

Senior author Sophia Boudjema, PhD, MSc, RN, and colleagues systematically searched PubMed and five other journal databases, whittling the results to 77 optimally relevant articles from 23 countries.

The infection-control activities for which they found the IoT being widely deployed included hand...