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A healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is an infection acquired by patients during the course of receiving treatment for other conditions within a healthcare setting, such as hospitals, nursing homes, or outpatient clinics. These infections can occur due to various factors, including invasive procedures, the presence of medical devices, or prolonged hospitalization. Common types of HAIs include surgical site infections, bloodstream infections, and pneumonia. Preventing HAIs is crucial for patient safety and involves strict adherence to hygiene practices and infection control protocols.
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What is an infection present in a health care facility and transmitted by health care workers to the patient?
It is called nosocomial infection.
What is the four types of isolation infection control in the health care?
airbornedropletentericcontact
What is the transformation process associated with health care?
physiological process
Infection acquired in a health care setting not present at the time of admission?
Nosocomial
Where is a nosocomial infection located on the body?
What makes an infection nosocomial is that it was acquired at a health care location. It can be any kind of infection (bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic, etc.) and it can be in any location of a person's body. All infections acquired while receiving health care can be considered nosocomial.
Why should health care professionals be self insured?
Because of risk associated with heaith care delivery.
Are there any health hazards associated with belly button piercings?
If not done properly, an infection may result.
What are two problems associated with creating a national health care plan?
cost
What are two problems associated with creating national health care plan?
cost
Can antibiotics cause cause a yeast infection that Diflucan cannot take away?
Diflucan should take care of any vaginal yeast infection, if it doesn't see your doctor or health care provider for advice.
What is the population of McLaren Health Care Corporation?
As of the most recent data available, McLaren Health Care Corporation is a health care system and not a population, so it does not have a population count. It provides health services to patients across its locations in Michigan and Ohio, but it does not have a specific population associated with it.
What is nosocomial infection rate?
The nosocomial infection rate describes the number of health-care associated infections occurring per unit time in an at risk population. Often, nosocomial infection rates are categorized by type of infection, such as surgical-site infections, central-line associated blood stream infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia, or health-care associated urinary tract infections. These rates can be calculated by dividing the number of cases by the number of days at risk. For example, suppose 10 people are mechanically ventilated for 5 days each, and one person develops ventilator associated pneumonia on day 2. The 9 who do not develop pneumonia contribute 90 person-days at risk but the person who developed pneumonia on day 2 contributes only 2 person-days. Then the ventilator associated pneumonia rate is then 1 case per 92 ventilator-days. Alternatively, infection "rates" may be reported as the proportion of patients who develop a nosocomial infection. In the example above, 1 person in 10, or 10%, developed pneumonia. However, this is not a true rate because it does not contain time in the denominator. Many nosocomial infection 'rates' are actually reported as proportions and are not clearly labeled.
