CDT Fluid Dynamics Management Board member, Professor Cath Noakes led study on hospital design and spread of infections

CDT Fluid Dynamics academic, Professor Cath Noakes, and other researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a quantitative model to predict how the design of hospitals can affect the spread of infections. This computer model predicts that multi-bed hospital wards increase bacterial hand contamination by 20% compared with single-bed wards. Understanding exactly how bacteria spread could improve the way we design and clean our hospitals, and train healthcare workers. The researchers' findings were presented at the British Science Festival in Bradford.

Read more about the study, 'Hospital single rooms safer than multi-bed wards.