Open AccessPrevention and treatment of healthcare-associated infections
Author(s) -
Mee Soo Chang,
Jun Hee Woo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of korean medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2093-5951
pISSN - 1975-8456
DOI - 10.5124/jkma.2016.59.8.622
Subject(s) - health care , medicine , intensive care medicine , infection control , hygiene , antimicrobial , public health , disease , nursing , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , biology , economics , economic growth
Healthcare-associated infections are infections that develop within a hospital and were not present or incubating upon admission. Almost all healthcare-associated infections become evident 2 days after admission. A patient may develop a healthcare-associated infection after hospital discharge if the...
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