Acceptability of air cleaning units on inpatient wards: help for infection control or hindrance for ward occupants?
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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.
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J Hosp Infect
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0195-6701
1532-2939
1532-2939
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Elsevier
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UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) (via Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH)) (A095942)
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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) (BRC)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (IS-BRC-1215-20014)
MRC (MR/T023902/1)
MRC (MR/V006118/1)
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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) (BRC)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (IS-BRC-1215-20014)
MRC (MR/T023902/1)
MRC (MR/V006118/1)
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)