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Standardized 100% single rooms in new hospital builds: a high-cost strategy with low use of showers

Published:April 17, 2023DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2023.04.002
Standardized 100% single rooms in new hospital builds: a high-cost strategy with low use of showers
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      Audits of shower utilization in the medical wards of a 900-bed teaching hospital and mixed general wards of a 49-bed rural general hospital in the last year demonstrate that ≥62% inpatients did not take up the option of shower facilities for personal hygiene on any one day. The average daily non-use of showers was 86%.
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      Published online: April 17, 2023
      Accepted: April 6, 2023
      Received: April 6, 2023

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2023.04.002

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