An infection originating in a medical facility, e.g., occurring in a patient in a hospital or other health care facility in whom the infection was not present or incubating at the time of admission. Includes infections acquired in the hospital but appearing after discharge; it also includes such infections among staff. Synonym: hospital-acquired infection.
A new infection acquired during a person's treatment in a hospital. An example could be a person who enters a hospital for a blood transfusion or organ transplant and inadvertently acquires an infection.
An infection that is acquired during hospitalization but that was neither present nor incubating at the time of hospital admission, unless it is related to a prior hospitalization, and that may become clinically manifest after discharge from the hospital.
an infection acquired in a hospital
"one that develops and is recognized in patients and employees in a health care institution"
hospital-acquired infection; an infection not present or incubating prior to admittance to the hospital.
an infection acquired in the hospital from cross-infection and/or lack of hygienic precautions.
An infection acquired in the hospital environment.
Infection produced by a pathogenic agent that a patient acquires during hospitalization or treatment inside another health care facility.
an infection An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign species
an infection that is caused by staying in a hospital
an infection that is hospital acquired and was not present at the time of admission
an infection which is acquired during a hospital stay
infection caused by exposure to a pathogen within the hospital environment
Infection caught within the hospital
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An infection occurring in a patient in a hospital or other healthcare facility in whom it was not present or incubating at the time of admission; or the residual of an infection acquired during a previous admission. Includes infections acquired in the hospital but appearing after discharge, and also such infections among the staff of the facility (Synonym: hospital-acquired infection).
New disorder not relating to pre-existing condition acquired during a patients treatment while in the hospital. i.e. Patient who receives a blood transfusion and is infected with hepatitis
An infection that develops during the course of a hospital stay and was not present at the time the patient was admitted.
Nosocomial infections are those which are a result of treatment in a hospital or hospital-like setting, but secondary to the patient's original condition. Infections are considered nosocomial if they first appear 48 hours or more after hospital admission or within 30 days after discharge. Nosocomial comes from the Greek word nosokomeion meaning hospital (nosos = disease, komeo = to take care of ).
