RT Book, Section
A1 Chin-Hong, Peter V.
A1 Guglielmo, B. Joseph
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1184163321
T1 Health Care–Associated Infections
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264269389
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184163321
RD 2023/09/23
AB ESSENTIALS  OF  DIAGNOSISAcquired  during  the  course  of  receiving  health  care  treatment  for  other  conditions.Most  cases  are  preventable.Hospital-associated  infections  are  defined  as  not  being  present  or  incubating  at  the  time  of  hospital  admission  and  developing  ≥  48  hours  after  admission.Hand  washing  is  the  most  effective  prevention  and  should  be  done  routinely  even  when  gloves  are  worn.