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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Infection, Health Care–Associated
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Demographics, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Imaging Studies, Treatment, Medications, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Follow-Up, Prevention, When to Refer, References,
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Topics Discussed: infection as complication of medical care; nosocomial infection.
Excerpt: | |  Healthcare-associated infections are acquired during the course of receiving healthcare treatment for other conditions
Hospital-associated infections are defined as those not present or incubating at the time of hospital admission and developing at least 48 hours or more after admission Most health care–associated infections are preventable Hand washing is the most effective means of preventing health care–associated infections and should be done routinely even when gloves are worn |
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