Infection Standard Articles & Analysis
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What is a Hospital Acquired Infection? A Hospital-Acquired Infection (HAI) (also know as a Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI) or nosocomial infection) is defined by WHO as ‘an infection acquired in hospital by a patient who was admitted for a reason other than that infection1‘. This includes infections acquired in the hospital but appearing after discharge, and also occupational ...
PSD is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the soft tissue of the buttock cleft resulting in long term non-healing wounds that are hard to heal and challenging for clinicians to treat. When lesions become infected, standard wound care may not be effective and surgical reconstruction may be seen as a last resort. ...
AbstractThe ventilation system of an operating theatre (OT) in a hospital needs to provide a comfortable and healthy surgical environment, particularly to minimise the risk of airborne infection. Engineering standards are available to outline specialised ventilation design and installation requirements based on knowledge accumulated from quality research and ...