RT Book, Section
A1 Weinstein, Robert A.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
A2 Fauci, Anthony
A2 Kasper, Dennis
A2 Hauser, Stephen
A2 Longo, Dan
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
SR Print(0)
ID 1190479711
T1 Infections Acquired in Health Care Facilities
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 21e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264268504
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1190479711
RD 2024/04/16
AB Health  care–associated  infections  affect  at  least  2  million  patients  at  a  cost  of  billions  of  dollars  and  100,000  or  more  lives  in  U.S.  hospitals  annually.  Guidelines  from  the  Centers  for  Disease  Control  and  Prevention  (CDC)  (www.cdc.gov/hicpac/),  the  Agency  for  Healthcare  Research  and  Quality  (www.ahrq.gov),  and  professional  societies  (e.g.,  www.shea-online.org;  www.idsociety.org;  www.apic.org;  www.his.org.uk)  have  led  to  marked  reductions  in  occurrence  of  most  device-related  infections  (https://www.cdc.gov/hai/data/portal/progress-report.html)—historically,  the  largest  drivers  of  nosocomial  infection  risk.  Despite  these  successes,  there  is  the  seemingly  unending  threat  of  antimicrobial-resistant  infections  and  novel  pathogens.  This  chapter  reviews  the  epidemiology,  prevention,  and  control  of  health  care–associated  infections  and  newer  challenges.