Hospital Design and Risk of Nosocomial Infections: A Prospective Controlled Trial

Inclusion Criteria: * are adults aged 18 or older with medical diagnoses being admitted to one of three in-hospital general medical services at the FMC (one of the two in-patient General Internal Medicine services at the FMC) * are admitted via the emergency room * are admitted from the urgent assessment clinic or the community Exclusion Criteria: * are admitted from another acute care medical institution * require telemetry monitoring of their cardiac rhythm (a specific medical situation that dictates need for admission to a nonUnit 36 bed). * have other clinical circumstances (eg clinical instability) mandating a physician to indicate clinical preference for admission of the patient to a specific location in the hospital * are admitted from the intensive care unit or another hospital ward * are admitted for less than 48 hours