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healthcare-associated infection: a standalone construct

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Infection control

an infection acquired in the course of receiving care, preventable in part through surveillance and control programs.

In infection control, healthcare-associated infection refers to an infection acquired in the course of receiving care, preventable in part through surveillance and control programs. This meaning comes from Haley (1985) in American Journal of Epidemiology.[1]

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References

Haley, R. W., Culver, D. H., White, J. W., Morgan, W. M., Emori, T. G., Munn, V. P., & Hooton, T. M. (1985). The Efficacy of Infection Surveillance and Control Programs in Preventing Nosocomial Infections in Us Hospitals. American Journal of Epidemiology, 121(2), 182-205. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113990

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