Table 5

Safety and infection control outcomes before and after the move

		Before		After
		1–11 months	12–20 months	21–29 months	30–36 months
100% single room
MAU
LOS	Per 1.000 patient-days	1.21	1.03	1.49	1.3
Falls		3.9 (2.5 to 6.1)	2.3 (1.2 to 4.4)	13.9 (11.3 to 17)	0.7 (0.2 to 1.9)
Med. errors		1.3 (0.6 to 2.8)	0.5 (0.1 to 1.9)	8.2 (6.2 to 10.6)	0.7 (0.2 to 1.9)
Older people's ward
LOS		36.17	40.14	20.77	19.01
Falls		2.8 (2.1 to 3.9)	2.4 (1.6 to 3.6)	9.5 (7.8 to 11.7)	13.3 (11 to 16.2)
Pressure ulcers		0.4 (0.2 to 0.9)	0.2 (0 to 0.7)	3.3 (2.3 to 4.7)	3.5 (2.4 to 5.2)
Clostridium difficile		0.1 (0 to 0.4)	0.1 (0 to 0.4)	0.2 (0 to 0.8)	0.5 (0.2 to 1.4)
Control new-build hospital
MAU
LOS		0.78	0.91	0.95	0.98
Falls		4.1 (1.3 to 11.1)	2.1 (0.5 to 6.6)	7.0 (3.9 to 12.2)	7.5 (2.8 to 18.4)
Med. errors		4.6 (2.4 to 8.4)	11.8 (7.1 to 19.2)	7.0 (3.9 to 12.2)	0.1 (0 to 7.1)
Older people's ward
LOS		8.16	8.36	7.53	7.86
Falls		6.9 (4.6 to 10.4)	9.7 (7.3 to 12.7)	11.2 (9.3 to 13.5)	12.6 (9.1 to 17.4)
Pressure ulcers		4.0 (2.7 to 5.9)	3.6 (2.2 to 5.6)	1.4 (0.8 to 2.4)	2.9 (1.4 to 5.7)
Clostridium difficile		1.6 (0.9 to 2.8)	1.1 (0.4 to 2.5)	0.3 (0.1 to 0.9)	0.3 (0 to 2.1)
Steady-state control hospital
MAU
LOS		6.88	6.37	5.96	5.42
Falls		23.8 (21.2 to 26.7)	14.6 (12.4 to 17.2)	17.8 (15.2 to 20.8)	20.2 (15.5 to 26.3)
Med. errors		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Older people's ward
LOS		21.98	36.59	35.88	45.64
Falls		29.7 (25.9 to 34)	17.4 (14 to 21.5)	12.1 (9.7 to 15.1)	5.9 (3.4 to 10.1)
Pressure ulcers		1.4 (0.7 to 2.7)	1.8 (0.9 to 3.5)	0.5 (0.1 to 1.4)	0.4 (0 to 2.7)
Clostridium difficile		0.9 (0.3 to 2)	0.2 (0 to 1.3)	0.2 (0 to 1)	0.8 (0.1 to 3.4)