2: Hospital‐acquired infections
- 18 March 2002
- journal article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 176 (6) , 286-291
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04412.x
Abstract
About 6% of patients acquire an infection in hospital, and the incidence of hospital‐acquired infections may be increasing. Common hospital‐acquired infections are respiratory and urinary tract infe...Keywords
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