Acceptability of air cleaning units on inpatient wards: help for infection control or hindrance for ward occupants?

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK.
• ² MRC Biostatistics Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
• ³ Infection Control, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK.
• ⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK.
• ⁵ The John Farman ICU, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK; Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
• ⁶ Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK; Carnegie School of Sport, Headingley Campus, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.
• ⁷ Department of Microbiology, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK.
• ⁸ Independent Consultant, City, University of London, London, UK.
• ⁹ Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK; Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].