hospital-acquired infections
Clinic-caught illnesses
Hospital-acquired infections are infections that patients develop during or as a result of their stay in a healthcare facility, not present when they were admitted.
These include bloodstream infections from IV lines, surgical site infections, pneumonia from ventilators, and urinary tract infections from catheters.
Also called nosocomial infections.
The hospital implemented new protocols to reduce hospital-acquired infections.
- central lineIV catheter to major vein
- hand hygieneCleaning one's palms
- sterile techniqueInfection-preventing clinical protocol
- isolation wardSealed medical containment area
- MRSADrug-resistant staph infection
- bacterial infectionsanthrax, botulism, cholera, diphtheria, lockjaw
- Medical Harmsmedication errors, surgical error, surgical errors, wrong medication, misdiagnosis
- Drug Resistancedrug resistance, antibiotic resistance, MRSA, superbug, resistant strains
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Regaining health after illness
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Halting pathogen transmission
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