A nosocomial infection is an infection you get while you’re in the hospital for another reason. It's also called a hospital-acquired infection or a health-care associated infection.‌ Patients ...

Nosocomial infections are infections that develop while a person is receiving medical attention. Examples include pneumonia, urinary tract infections (UTIs) and gastrointestinal (GI) infections ...

However, the all-cause mortality rate in patients with nosocomial COVID-19 was more than double that of patients with community-acquired COVID-19, at 47% and 23%, respectively.

The cohort consisted of 3,007,457 patient-days. Numerically, nosocomial CDI was the most common healthcare-associated infection (847 cases), followed closely by nosocomial bloodstream infection ...

Nosocomial sepsis is a serious problem for neonates who are admitted for intensive care. As it is associated with increases in mortality, morbidity, and prolonged length of hospital stay, both the ...

To identify overall and site-specific rates of nosocomial infections (NIs) during the neutropenic, as compared to the non-neutropenic stage of treatment in adult recipients of allogeneic and ...

Source: Hudson M, et al. Discontinuation of contact precautions in patients with nosocomial MRSA and VRE infections during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presented at: SHEA Spring Conference; April 13-16 ...