Prospective Evaluation and Mortality Outcome of Nosocomial Infections in Medical Intensive Care Unit at Tertiary Care Teaching Centre in Mumbai

The term “Healthcare associated infection” is now widely used instead of the traditional “Nosocomial infection” and is defined by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “as a localized or systemic condition resulting from an adverse reaction to the presence of an infectious agent(s) or its toxin(s). There must be no evidence that the infection was present or incubating at the time of admission to the acute care setting” [2].