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SUBMITTER: Haque M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6245375 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Infection and drug resistance 20181115
Health care-associated infections (HCAIs) are infections that occur while receiving health care, developed in a hospital or other health care facility that first appear 48 hours or more after hospital admission, or within 30 days after having received health care. Multiple studies indicate that the common types of adverse events affecting hospitalized patients are adverse drug events, HCAIs, and surgical complications. The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention identifies that nearly 1.7 m ...[more]