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Sai Saran1, Mohan Gurjar2, Afzal Azim2
1Department of Critical Care Medicine, Super Speciality Cancer Institute & Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Abstract:
There are risk factors related to architecture and designing labeled as "structural risk factors," causing hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) which are less highlighted in the literature. Through this communication, we wish to reiterate the importance of structural risk factors such as space surrounding the patient, furniture with focus on construction and finishing materials used, and ventilation systems surrounding the patient as risk factors for HAIs and expect that these find a place in HAI prevention guidelines in the future.
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