Many big corporate hospitals have established centralised air conditioning seriously affecting the cross ventilation inside the wards. These hospitals are visited by many visitors who may have communicable infections. It is quite possible that the organisms are trapped inside and can spread to debilitated and the immunocompromised patient and visitors.
Pseudomonos infections as wound infections are common in such hospitals. Airborne respiratory infections such as TB can be a serious possibility. How many studies have been conducted regarding the incidence of nosocomial infections and cross infections in centralised air conditioned hospitals?
