Abstract
In recent years, the importance of infection control in healthcare settings is becoming increasingly
important, because the increase of resistant bacteria and new treatments with reduced immunity. In particular,
the revised Medical Law, which came into effect in April 2007, requires that all medical institutions, including
clinics, establish a system for preventing infection, and that ICT activities are required regardless of the
presence of specialized staff.
ICT covers a wide range of tasks, including quickly detecting patients with infectious diseases to
understand infection prevention and treatment status, surveying and providing guidance on the use of
antibiotics, and educating staff about infection prevention.
Support of a computer system is indispensable for performing such tasks appropriately. Since
infection-related events occur in all departments of medical care at any time, the role of computer systems is
also expected as a tool that presents useful information in real time to all staff at the site, not just ICT members.
However, use is currently limited to large medical institutions. Considering the situation described above, I
thought about computer systems including artificial intelligence (AI) in infection control that are expected in the
future. The introduction of AI for medical support of infectious diseases is expected to improve work efficiency
and save labor as follows. That is, bed management of infectious patients in the ward, administration control of
antibiotics, compilation of weekly infection report data, e-learning, etc.
