Cross infection

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In health care, a cross infection, also called a nosocomial infection, is "any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution."[1]

Examples include ventilator-associated pneumonia, surgical site infections, and infections of indwelling catheters, such as central venous catheters and urinary catheters.

Important microbes are Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Clostridium difficile.

Clinical practice guidelines address the prevention of cross infections.[2]

References

  1. Anonymous (2024), Cross infection (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. Yokoe, Deborah S.; Leonard A. Mermel, Deverick J. Anderson, Kathleen M. Arias, Helen Burstin, David P. Calfee, Susan E. Coffin, Erik R. Dubberke, Victoria Fraser, Dale N. Gerding, Frances A. Griffin, Peter Gross, Keith S. Kaye, Michael Klompas, Evelyn Lo, Jonas Marschall, Lindsay Nicolle, David A. Pegues, Trish M. Perl, Kelly Podgorny, Sanjay Saint, Cassandra D. Salgado, Robert A. Weinstein, Robert Wise, David Classen (2008-10-01). "Executive Summary: A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals". Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 29 (s1): S12-S21. DOI:10.1086/591060. Retrieved on 2008-10-10. Research Blogging.