nosocomial infection
Clinic-caught disease
A nosocomial infection is one acquired in a hospital or other healthcare facility—contracted during treatment rather than brought in by the patient.
The term appears in medical contexts: Nosocomial infections pose serious risks in intensive care units.
Also called hospital-acquired infection.
- catheterizationMedical tube insertion procedure
- urinary catheterBladder drainage device
- hand hygieneCleaning one's palms
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- MRSADrug-resistant staph infection
immunosuppression · superbug · sterilization · isolation protocols · intubation · cross-contamination · wound dressings · blood culture · intensive care unit · disinfection · dialysis machines · ventilators · norovirus · surgical incision · ICU · gloves · ward · bed rails
- bacterial infectionsanthrax, botulism, cholera, diphtheria, lockjaw
- Hospital InfectionsMRSA, superbug, superinfection, antibiotic resistance
- Blood Infectionsbacteremia, sepsis, septicemia, blood poisoning, viremia
- bloodborne pathogensHIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, Ebola virus, hepatitis
- medical errorsmedication errors, surgical errors, surgical error, misdiagnosis, medication error
- Wound Infectionsinfected cut, suppuration, wound healing
iatrogenic vs. natural occurrence
nosocomial infectionfoodborne illness
Sickness from contaminated meals