Hospital ward design and prevention of hospital-acquired infections: A prospective clinical trial.

The secondary outcomes of the clusters of hospital-acquired infections or events occurring almost exclusively in multibed rooms and the finding of a definite trend toward a higher incidence density of events when the results were analyzed using a single-bed versus multibed wing rather than ward as the focus of analysis suggests that patients within multibed settings may be at higher risk for hospital-acquired infection or colonization events.

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