More than 20 million children <5 yr old attend a childcare facility. These facilities can include part-day or full-day programs at nursery schools or preschools and full-day programs based in either a licensed childcare center or another person's home. Regardless of…
Neonates, especially premature neonates who require intensive medical care, are among the patients at highest risk for nosocomial or health care–associated infections (HAIs). Although the rate of HAIs varies with the specific patient population and institution, many institutions have achieved…
A healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is defined as any infection not present or incubating at the time of the patient’s initial contact with a healthcare setting. Originally termed nosocomial, hospital-acquired, or hospital-onset infections, the scope of HAI has expanded as patients…