Outbreaks of a potentially life-threatening intestinal superbug dropped after the McGill University Health Centre opened its superhospital in 2015 — a dramatic shift attributed to the fact that the modern facilities have exclusively single-patient rooms, a new study has concluded.
Researchers found that rates plummeted for both gut colonization and blood infections caused by Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), a strain of bacteria resistant to most antibiotics. The study also observed a slightly lower decline in the number of hospital colonizations by another superbug: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
“The single-patient room experience at the MUHC’s Glen site has many benefits — privacy, confidentiality, comfort, reduced noise, and improved quality of sleep,” Dr. Emily Gibson McDonald, the first author of the study, said in a statement. “Importantly, this study also found that private rooms might help reduce life-threatening infections.”
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