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Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are common afflictions for hospital patients. Construction-related renovation projects are abundant at hospitals in the United States, the results of which have the potential to cause HAI. Hospital-accrediting firms such as the Joint Commission have a strict focus on ensuring that infection control risk management assessments are completed by hospital owners prior to the start of renovation projects. Fifty-six hospital renovation subject matter experts from general contracting firms in the southeastern United States completed a survey to discern their knowledge of and experience with infection control on hospital renovation projects. The survey results showed that (1) general contracting firms place a focus on training their personnel in infection control, as general contractors are most often responsible for ensuring that infection control measures are adhered to, (2) there are an adequate amount of products on the market for infection control, which are utilized on almost every renovation project, and (3) field operatives (i.e., the individuals that actually complete the work) should receive more training on infection control. Future research should seek to expand this study into geographic regions outside of the southeastern United States and to discern how more training of field operatives can be implemented.
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Collins, W., Holley, P., Chavan, A., Sattineni, A. (2021). General Contractor Knowledge of Infection Control Requirements on Hospital Renovation Construction Projects. In: Ahmed, S.M., Hampton, P., Azhar, S., D. Saul, A. (eds) Collaboration and Integration in Construction, Engineering, Management and Technology. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48465-1_11
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