Reducing hospital‐acquired infection by design: the new University College London Hospital

SummaryThe planning and building of new University College London Hospital has provided a challenge to the Infection Control Team to ensure all areas are easy to clean, air flows are correct and appropriate and that there is every opportunity for handwashing. The seven year process illustrates the paper by Stockley et al. [‘Stockley JM, Constantine CE, Orr KE, The Association of Medical Microbiologists’ New Hospital Developments Project Group. Building new hospitals: a UK infection control perspective. J Hosp Infect 2006;62:264–269].