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Hospital infection prevention for pediatric transplant recipients and oncology patients
General principles Children with deficient immune mechanisms, immunologic disorders, or those receiving immunosuppressive therapy (e.g., radiation, cytotoxic chemotherapy, antirejection medication, and steroids) are identified as high-risk patients with the greatest risk of acquiring healthcare-associated infections. Patients in this subset include…