Infection Diseases

• NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS
-Infections acquired in the course of medical
care. This term is most often applied to
infections contracted in an acute care hospital;
however, it also applies to infections patients
receive while in extended care facilities,
outpatient clinics, and behavioral health
institutions.
• Iatrogenic infection
-A nosocomial infection that results from a
particular treatment or therapeutic procedure.
• Community-acquired infection
-A person who enters a health care facility
with an infection.