TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Health Care-Associated Infections in the NICU A1 - Milisavljevic, Vladana A2 - Stevenson, David K. A2 - Cohen, Ronald S. A2 - Sunshine, Philip PY - 2015 T2 - Neonatology: Clinical Practice and Procedures AB - Health care-associated infection (HCAI), also referred to as nosocomial or hospital-acquired infection, is an infection that a patient acquires and becomes evident 48 hours or more after admission to a hospital, it was not present or incubating at the time of admission to the hospital, and develops while the patient is receiving treatment of other conditions. These infections are associated with more serious illness, prolongation of stay in a health care facility, increased long-term disability, excess deaths, and high additional financial burden on health care and patients and their families. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1109796197 ER -