The control and prevention of hospital acquired infection.
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Recently the public's attention has been focused on the issue of hospital-acquired infections. The latest Audit Commission report (National Audit Office, 2004) reveals an increase in MRSA cases from 7,250 in 2001-2002 to 7,647 in 2003-2004. This has resulted in new action plans for prevention and control of infection.
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Nosocomial infections are those that new bomes and people are acquired them in the hospital setting and symptoms of these infections appear in hospital or after a patient has been discharged from the hospital, depending on the incubation of the infection in question. Only diseases that develop in patients who have been hospitalized for longer than 48 hours are considered true nosocomial infecti...
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- Nursing times
دوره 100 29 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1972