title: [Analysis of contemporary hospital infrastructure pertaining to infection prevention in Germany].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A high percentage of single-bed rooms and antiseptic hand rub dispensers in hospitals are required for infection prevention
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Data acquisition of the hospitals' current status of infrastructure pertaining to infection prevention
  
  
  METHODS
  A electronic questionnaire was sent in March 2015 to all hospitals participating in the nosocomial infection surveillance system (KISS) to collect operational infrastructure data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Completed questionnaires were received from 621 hospitals (response rate 46 %) and provided data about the building infrastructure of 534 intensive care units and 621 representative medical wards. While most beds in the intensive care unit are equipped with an antiseptic hand rub dispenser at the bedside, only 31.5 % of the medical ward beds are so equipped. Moreover, only 27.1 % of intensive care beds and 6.4 % of medical ward beds are in single-bed rooms. The intensive care room size showed a median of 18 m² for single-bed rooms and 28 m² for two-bed rooms. In the medical wards, 28.2 % of the patient rooms are not equipped with an ensuite toilet.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The paucity of bedside antiseptic hand rub dispensers in medical wards should be rectified at once to optimize hand hygiene compliance of health care workers. Likewise, the lack of single-bed rooms on medical wards and intensive care units should be considered when renovating old or planning new buildings in the near future.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin und Nationales Referenzzentrum für die Surveillance von nosokomialen Infektionen, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203, Berlin, Deutschland. Andrea.Stiller@charite.de.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stiller
authors.affiliation: Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin und Nationales Referenzzentrum für die Surveillance von nosokomialen Infektionen, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203, Berlin, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Christin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schröder
authors.affiliation: Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin und Nationales Referenzzentrum für die Surveillance von nosokomialen Infektionen, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203, Berlin, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gropmann
authors.affiliation: Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin und Nationales Referenzzentrum für die Surveillance von nosokomialen Infektionen, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203, Berlin, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schwab
authors.affiliation: Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin und Nationales Referenzzentrum für die Surveillance von nosokomialen Infektionen, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203, Berlin, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Behnke
authors.affiliation: Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin und Nationales Referenzzentrum für die Surveillance von nosokomialen Infektionen, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203, Berlin, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Geffers
authors.affiliation: Institut für Industriebau und Konstruktives Entwerfen, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Pockelstr. 3, Braunschweig, 38106, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Holzhausen
authors.affiliation: Institut für Industriebau und Konstruktives Entwerfen, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Pockelstr. 3, Braunschweig, 38106, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sunder
authors.affiliation: Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin und Nationales Referenzzentrum für die Surveillance von nosokomialen Infektionen, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203, Berlin, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gastmeier
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010362:Patients' Rooms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Germany; Hand hygiene; Hospital construction; Infection control; Single rooms