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What is the medical term meaning a disease acquired in a hospital?
nosocomialNosocomial is the way to describe an infection acquired in a hospital setting.MRSA
What is a hospital-acquired infection?
A hospital-acquired infection is usually one that first appears three days after a patient is admitted to a hospital or other health care facility. Infections acquired in a hospital are also called nosocomial infections.
What is nos-comical infection?
I've never heard of a nos-comical infection, but I do know of nosocomial infections. Nosocomial infections are those acquired in a hospital during a hospital stay. For example, a patient spends a few days in a hospital for an appendectomy and acquires a MRSA or pseudomonas infection, thus making the stay longer. That is a nosocomial or hospital-acquired infection.
What is The name of a hospital-acquired infection?
Hi there... The correct term is 'NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION' - this simply means an infections that has originated within a hospital/clinical setting.
How do you catch Nosocmial infection?
Nosocomial Infections are those that are hospital acquired, one which a patient catches during a hospital visit
What does community acquired mean?
Community acquired refers to an infection or condition that is acquired outside of a healthcare facility, such as in the community or at home. It is commonly used to describe infections that are not related to a hospital or healthcare setting.
Can you sue for staph infections after plastic surgery?
Yes, if you can show the hospital or its staff were negligent in taking reasonable precautions to prevent the infection. You would also have to show that the infection was acquired at the hospital, or as a result of something the hospital had done or failed to do.
Infection acquired as a result of hospital exposure?
thts not a question its just a statement with a question mark at the end
On what considerations is diagnosis of a hospital-acquired infection based?
symptoms and signs of infection; examination of wounds and catheter entry sites; review of procedures that might have led to infection; laboratory test results
What are risk factors for getting a hospital-acquired infection?
a long hospital stay, the use of indwelling catheters, failure of healthcare workers to wash their hands, and overuse of antibiotics.
How is diagnosis of a hospital-acquired infection determined?
evaluation of symptoms and signs of infection examination of wounds and catheter entry sites for redness, swelling, or the presence of pus or an abscess
What is nosocomial?
Nosocomial infections (also known as Healthcare-Associated Infections ~ HAI) are those which are contracted as a result of treatment in a hospital or hospital-like setting, such as a nursing home, surgical center, or rehabilitation center. Infections are considered nosocomial if they first appear 48 hours or more after a hospital admission or treatment and/or admission to another type of care facility. Infections are also identified as such when they appear within 30 days after discharge from or treatment in a facility. The most common nosocomial
