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Hospital-acquired infection, also called Nosocomial infection, is infections that occur in a hospital or in a healthcare service unit. To be considered as nosocomial, infection must occur within 30 days after discharge, or at least 48 hours after hospital admission.
Nosocomial infection is a serious health concern in the United State. Approximately 10% of American hospital patients are infected with a form of nosocomial infections. These infections are responsible for about 80,000 deaths in the USA per year.
The most common types of nosocomial infection include:
- Surgical wound infection
- Respiratory tract infection
- Urinary tract infection
- Skin infection
- Central nervous system infection
- Blood infection
- Gastrointestinal infection.
