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Masking of neutropenic patients on transport from hospital rooms is associated with a decrease in nosocomial
Issam Raad1, Hend Hanna, Cheryl Osting
1Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|March 1, 2002
Abstract:
To prevent nosocomial pulmonary aspergillosis during hospital construction, neutropenic patients with hematologic malignancy were required to wear high-efficiency masks when leaving their rooms. The rate of nosocomial aspergillosis decreased from 0.73 per 1,000 hospital patient-days during fiscal years 1993 to 1996 to 0.24 per 1,000 hospital patient-days during fiscal years 1996 to 1999 (P < .001). High-efficiency masks reduced nosocomial aspergillosis during hospital construction.