DBIO.2020.025

Hospital-Acquired Infections

Dr. Ameena Sabah Mahmood Juma

ameena.sabah@cihanuniversity.edu.iq

Abstract- A hospital-acquired infection is usually one that first appears three days after a patient is admitted to a hospital or other health care facility. Infections acquired in a hospital are also called nosocomial infections. About 5-10% of patients admitted to hospitals develop a nosocomial infection. The CDC estimates that more than two million patients develop hospital-acquired infections in the USA each year. About 90,000 of these patients die as a result of their infections.

Keywords-HAI, Nosocomial, Infections

Date: 04/03/2020

Place: Department of Biology