NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS

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NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS
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NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS
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Nosocomial diseases are acquired in a health care
setting

• WHAT IS A NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION?
• What is the role of biofilms?
• What is the single most preventative measure to
  prevent nosocomial infections?

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Nosocomial Infections
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Frequency of different Nosocomial Infections
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Spread of infection
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Exhaled Droplets
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Spread of pathogens
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Patient in ICU
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(a) Air from clean, empty hospital room and (b)
air from 12 bed hospital room
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Contamination of an operating room by a bacterial
pathogen
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• Soft tissue infection from MRSA
• MRSA from nasal secretions.