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What is a healthcare-associated infection (HAI)?

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What is a healthcare-associated infection (HAI)?

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A nosocomial infection, otherwise known as a healthcare-associated infection (HAI), is an infection that a patient acquires after 48 hours of admittance but that he/she does not have at the time of admittance.6 A major source of HAIs is the introduction of naturally-occurring bacteria and other microorganisms on the skin into a patients bloodstream or surgical incision.3

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