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Hospital-Acquired Infections by Julia B Wilcox; ProQuest (Firm) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Hospital-Acquired Infections about?
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), also known as health-care–associated infections, encompass almost all clinically evident infections that do not originate from a patient's original admitting diagnosis. Within hours after admission, a patient's flora begins to acquire characteristics of the surrounding bacterial pool. Most infections that become clinically evident after 48 hours of hospitalization are considered hospital-acquired. Infections that occur after the patient's discharge from the hospital can be considered to have a nosocomial origin if the organisms were acquired during the hospital stay. This new book present a set of reports detailing the depth of the problems as well as suggesting remedies.
Who reads Hospital-Acquired Infections?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Julia B Wilcox; ProQuest (Firm)
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781606927281
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Medical, Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
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