RT Book, Section
A1 Walker, Valencia P.
A1 Milisavljevic, Vladana
A2 Stevenson, David K.
A2 Cohen, Ronald S.
A2 Sunshine, Philip
SR Print(0)
ID 1109799656
T1 Health Care-Associated Infections
T2 Neonatology: Clinical Practice and Procedures
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071763769
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1109799656
RD 2024/04/24
AB Health  care-associated  infection  (HCAI),  also  referred  to  as  nosocomial  or  hospital  acquired,  is  an  infection  that  a  patient  acquires  and  (a)  becomes  evident  48  hours  or  more  after  admission,  (b)  was  not  present  or  incubating  at  the  time  of  admission  to  the  hospital,  and  (c)  develops  while  the  patient  is  receiving  treatment  of  other  conditions.  Neonates  admitted  to  the  neonatal  intensive  care  unit  (NICU)  frequently  contract  HCAIs1  and  may  present  with  a  wide  range  of  symptoms,  including  fulminant  sepsis,  particularly  late-onset  sepsis  (LOS).  A  significant  number  of  HCAIs  are  preventable,  even  in  the  high-risk  and  vulnerable  NICU  population.  Therefore,  any  discussion  of  HCAI  management  must  also  emphasize  the  role  of  preventive  measures  (refer  to  chapter  53).