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Health care-associated infections Key facts
www.who.intHealth care-associated infections, or “nosocomial” and “hospital” infections, affect patients in a hospital or other health-care facility, and are not present or incubating at the time of admission. They also include infections acquired by patients in the hospital or facility but appearing after discharge, and occupational infections among
Prevention of hospital-acquired infections
www.who.intAn infection acquired in hospital by a patient who was admitted for a reason other than that infection (1). An in-fection occurring in a patient in a hospital or other health care facility in whom the infection was not present or incu-bating at the time of admission. This includes infections acquired in the hospital but appearing after ...
Health care-associated infections Key facts
www.who.intHealth care-associated infections, or “nosocomial” and “hospital” infections, affect patients in a hospital or other health-care facility, and are not present or incubating at the time of admission. They also include infections acquired by patients in the
The Burden of Health Care-Associated Infection Worldwide A …
www.who.intApr 30, 2010 · 7. Allegranzi B, Pittet D. Preventing infections acquired during health-care delivery. Lancet 2008; 372:1719-20. 8. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Annual epidemiological report on communicable diseases in Europe 2008. Report on the state of communicable diseases in the EU and EEA/EFTA countries. Copenhagen: European Centre