Hospital acquired infections, also known as nosocomial infections, are infections that patients acquire during the course of receiving treatment for other conditions within a healthcare facility. These infections can occur through direct contact with infected individuals, indirect contact with contaminated medical equipment or surfaces, or in some cases through the air. Common causes include bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus, viruses like influenza, and fungi such as Candida. Hospitals work to prevent the spread of these infections through proper sanitation practices, isolation of infected patients, strict hand hygiene, and antibiotic stewardship programs.
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Hospital acquired infections, also known as nosocomial infections, are infections that patients acquire during the course of receiving treatment for other conditions within a healthcare facility. These infections can occur through direct contact with infected individuals, indirect contact with contaminated medical equipment or surfaces, or in some cases through the air. Common causes include bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus, viruses like influenza, and fungi such as Candida. Hospitals work to prevent the spread of these infections through proper sanitation practices, isolation of infected patients, strict hand hygiene, and antibiotic stewardship programs.
Hospital acquired infections, also known as nosocomial infections, are infections that patients acquire during the course of receiving treatment for other conditions within a healthcare facility. These infections can occur through direct contact with infected individuals, indirect contact with contaminated medical equipment or surfaces, or in some cases through the air. Common causes include bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus, viruses like influenza, and fungi such as Candida. Hospitals work to prevent the spread of these infections through proper sanitation practices, isolation of infected patients, strict hand hygiene, and antibiotic stewardship programs.
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Hospital acquired infections, also known as nosocomial infections, are infections that patients acquire during the course of receiving treatment for other conditions within a healthcare facility. These infections can occur through direct contact with infected individuals, indirect contact with contaminated medical equipment or surfaces, or in some cases through the air. Common causes include bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus, viruses like influenza, and fungi such as Candida. Hospitals work to prevent the spread of these infections through proper sanitation practices, isolation of infected patients, strict hand hygiene, and antibiotic stewardship programs.
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HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION (HAI)
Definition :-
HAI is defined as any clinically recognizable disease that
affects a patient as a consequence of his or admission into
the hospital or attending for treatment or from the hospital
staff as a consequence of their work whether or not the
symptoms appear by the individual in the hospital or after
discharge.
Hospital acquired infections are also called as nosocomial infections.
Nosocomial infections can occur as result of
therapuetic manifestations by the hospital staff, such physician induced infections are
called as iatrogenic infections.
History :1.JOSEPH LISTER (1827 1912) Antiseptic era
British surgeon and medical scientist pioneer of antibiotics
Used carbolic acid To prevent surgical infection 2.IGNAZ SEMMELWEIS (1861) Prevention of puerperal fever by simple hand washing
Diagnosis of HAI Routine bacteriological method Sampling from sources of infections like hospital personell,inanimate objects, water,air or food. Typing of isolate Following strict quality control measures
Clinical Characteristics and Factors Associated With Perinatal Death Among Women Who Delivered at Sekou Toure Regional Refferal Hospital, Mwanza-Tanzania
Clinical Characteristics and Factors Associated With Perinatal Death Among Women Who Delivered at Sekou Toure Regional Refferal Hospital, Mwanza-Tanzania
