| Title: |
Acceptability of air cleaning units on inpatient wards: help for infection control or hindrance for ward occupants? |
| Authors: |
Love, C; Street, A; Riddell, E; Goudie, RJB; Brock, RC; Thaxter, R; Gouliouris, T; Conway Morris, A; Beggs, CB; Peters, C; Butler, MJ; Gould, DJ; Keevil, VL |
| Publisher Information: |
Elsevier; Department of Medicine; //doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2024.09.010 |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
| Subject Terms: |
3207 Medical Microbiology; 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences; 42 Health Sciences; Infectious Diseases; Infection; 3 Good Health and Well Being |
| Description: |
Hospital-acquired infections place patients and healthcare workers at risk. Since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, greater emphasis has been placed on understanding the ventilation of hospitals and spread of infectious diseases through the air [1]. Air Cleaning Units (ACUs) can improve ventilation and potentially reduce hospital-acquired infections [2,3]. However, compliance is sometimes low [3] and acceptability of ACUs in clinical settings is poorly understood. ; This work was funded the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and supported by the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR203312). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR, the Department of Health and Social Care, or the UKHSA. RCB and RJBG also acknowledge funding by UKRI Medical Research Council (MRC) (programme codes MC_UU_00002/2, MC_UU_00002/20 and MC_UU_00040/04) and funding (RCB) from the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC-1215-20014). TG is supported by the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre. ACM is supported by a Clinician Scientist Fellowship from the Medical Research Council (MR/V006118/1). VLK acknowledges funding by UKRI Medical Research Council (MRC/NIHR) (Clinical Academic Research Partnership Grant code: MR/T023902/1) |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/msword; application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/374135; https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.112313 |
| DOI: |
10.17863/CAM.112313 |
| Availability: |
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/374135; https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.112313 |
| Rights: |
Attribution 4.0 International ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.BCFE3F55 |
| Database: |
BASE |