ABSTRACT

Aim:

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.

Material and Method:

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.

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.

Conclusion:

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