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Healthcare-Associated Infections in the United States
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Nosocomial Infections: The Definition Criteria
In 1988, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published two articles on nosocomial infections (NIs) and certain types of NIs’ criteria for surveillance purposes. Nosocomial infections refer to any systemic or localized conditions that result from the reaction by an infectious agent or toxin.1 The infection is developing in all high, middle and […]
What Are Nosocomial Infections?
Infections caught in the hospital A nosocomial infection is contracted because of an infection or toxin that exists in a certain location, such as a hospital. People now use nosocomial infections interchangeably with the terms health-care associated infections (HAIs) and hospital-acquired infections. For a HAI, the infection must not be present before someone has been […]
Nosocomial infections: Epidemiology, prevention, control and surveillance
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