Reducing hospital-acquired infection by design: the new University College London Hospital

The planning and building of new University College London Hospital has provided a challenge to the Infection Control Team to ensure all areas are easy to clean, air flows are correct and appropriate and that there is every opportunity for handwashing. HIS would like to bring members’ attention to this paper published on this subject and the following paper, J.M. Stockleya, C.E. Constantinea, K.E. Orrb, The Association of Medical Microbiologists’ New Hospital Developments Project Group Building new hospitals: a UK infection control perspective (Journal of Hospital Infection (2006) 62, 285–299)