Environmental Design Strategies to Decrease the Risk of Nosocomial Infection in Medical Buildings Using a Hybrid MCDM Model

Table 1

The EFA results for environmental design elements.

(N = 103) Evaluation criteria	Evaluation dimension
	Guiding favorable behavior (D1)	Reducing the source of infection (D2)
The optimization of sanitary ware layout and design (C11)	0.947
The control of the intersection and aggregation of crowd moving lines (C12)	0.920
A higher proportion of single compartments (C13)	0.889
A comfortable and efficient public space (C14)	0.880
Correct air circulation and purification (C21)		0.954
Selection of appropriate environmental interface materials (C22)		0.926
Avoiding water accumulation on environmental surfaces (C23)		0.904
Good planning of negative pressure isolation areas (C24)		0.801
Cronbach α	0.931	0.887
Cumulative % of variance	82.431%