Nosocomial Infection
An introduction to nosocomial infections
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Hospitals are places where sick people go with the expectation
that they will get better. Unfortunately, however, there is a risk that
hospital patients may become infected because of their stay in hospital.
Infections that are acquired while a patient is in hospital are referred
to as nosocomial infections; a term derived from nosos
the Greek word for 'disease'. Often nosocomial infections become apparent
while the patient is still in hospital but in some cases symptoms may
not become manifest until after the affected patient is discharged from
hospital. About one patient in ten acquires an infection as a direct
result of being hospitalised. |
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