Impact of moving to a new hospital build, with a high proportion of single rooms, on healthcare-associated infections and outbreaks

Clostridium difficile infection, meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and Escherichia coli bacteraemia rates, and bed-days lost during norovirus outbreaks at North Bristol NHS Trust were analysed over a five-year period to determine whether moving to a new-build hospital with 75% single...

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Published in:The Journal of hospital infection 2018-02, Vol.98 (2), p.191-193
Main Authors: Darley, E.S.R., Vasant, J., Leeming, J., Hammond, F., Matthews, S., Albur, M., Reynolds, R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacterial Infections - epidemiology
Bacterial Infections - prevention & control
Caliciviridae Infections - epidemiology
Caliciviridae Infections - prevention & control
Clostridium difficile
Cross Infection - epidemiology
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks
Disease Transmission, Infectious - prevention & control
England - epidemiology
Hospitals
Humans
Isolation
New-build
Norovirus
Patients' Rooms - utilization
Retrospective Studies
Single rooms
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Summary:Clostridium difficile infection, meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and Escherichia coli bacteraemia rates, and bed-days lost during norovirus outbreaks at North Bristol NHS Trust were analysed over a five-year period to determine whether moving to a new-build hospital with 75% single rooms reduced healthcare-associated infection rates. C. difficile, MSSA bacteraemia and E. coli bacteraemia showed no change in the rate of decline after the move. Bed-days lost due to norovirus were significantly lower after the move. Increased availability of single rooms had an impact on the transmission of highly contagious norovirus infection, dispersed via the airborne route, in contrast to bacterial infections, which may originate from patient's own colonizing flora and are not widely dispersed through airborne spread.
ISSN:0195-6701
1532-2939
DOI:10.1016/j.jhin.2017.06.027