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Common infections acquired in the hospital: the nurse's role in prevention
1Nurse Epidemiologist, Infection Control Department, Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
The Nursing Clinics of North America
|May 11, 1999
Abstract:
This article reviews the epidemiology and prevention strategies for the four most common hospital-acquired infections-urinary tract, intravascular-device pneumonia, and surgical site infections. The focus of discussion is the nurse's role in preventing infection.