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Nosocomial Infections
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Prevention of hospital-acquired infections
www.who.intThe most frequent nosocomial infections are infec-tions of surgical wounds, urinary tract infections and lower respiratory tract infections. The WHO study, and others, have also shown that the highest preva-lence of nosocomial infections occurs in intensive care units and in acute surgical and orthopaedic wards.
The DirecT MeDical cosTs of
www.cdc.govHealthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in hospitals . impose signiicant economic consequences . on the nation’s healthcare system. The most comprehensive national estimate of the annual direct medical costs due to HAIs (published in 1992) was based on the results from the Study on . the Eficacy of Nosocomial …