ABSTRACT

Construction periods have an increased risk for invasive fungal infections in immunosuppressive hema-tology patients. We share our experience during a construction period in this article.

We summarize what we had performed to prevent infections in hematology patients due to the construction next to our department building in our hospital and the results.

The most important issues in this setting are physical isolation of the hospital building and the pa-tients treated in hematology and stem cell transplantation unit. Antifungal prophylaxis is also beneficial as an additional precaution in high risk patients.

Risk based multidisciplinary approach seems to be effective in these patients and infection con-trol team play a critical role.

Keywords: Construction, Invasive Fungal Infections, Infection Control