Fig. 1 Flowchart of the inclusion of patients Intra-hospital patient transfers and exposure to square meters One hundred and eight out of 597 (18.1%) patients were transferred during hospitalization. Fifty-six (24.9%) patients in the old building were transferred, compared to 52 (14.0%) in the new building (P=0.001). The number of patients not being transferred during hospitalization increased significantly for both medical (P=0.003) and hematological patients (P<0.001) in the new building (Table 3). Seventy-six out of 597 (12.7%) patients were transferred once, 42 (18.7%) in the old building and 34 (9.0%) in the new building (P=0.001). The number of medical patients transferred once decreased significantly (P=0.018) in the new building (Table 3). A decrease was also seen in the number of surgical and hematological patients transferred once, although not significantly (Table 3). Thirty-two (5.4%) patients were transferred at least twice, 14 (6.2%) patients in the old building and 18 (4.7%) in the new building (P=0.467). This decrease was seen for both medical and hematological patients, but not for surgical patients (Table 3). In the new building, patients were exposed to less m2 during hospitalization than in the old building. Overall, the median m2 patients were exposed to in the old building was 43.3 m2 (21.9-177.9), compared to 22.9 m2 (22.9-114.6) in the new building (P<0.001) (Additional file 1). 32 Chapter 2.1
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