Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Study: Effects of ICU Design on Handwashing

Research Example

• Study sites: two intensive care units—one older, one new—in a Texas hospital
• Three types of patient rooms:
  • Six-bed open bay—centralized nursing stations
  • Small single bed rooms—centralized nursing stations
  • Large single bed rooms with decentralized nursing stations

Notes:

One research study looked at the infection rate of infants before and after they were moved to private rooms.