Nosocomial Infections (Healthcare-Associated Infections) By definition, HAIs are infections that happen within: Forty-eight hours of arrival or hospital admission Three days after discharge from a hospital or surgical center Thirty days of a surgical procedure Anyone receiving care at a healthcare facility can get nosocomial infections
Health Care-Associated Infections - HHS. gov Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are infections people get while they are receiving health care for another condition HAIs can happen in any health care facility, including hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, end-stage renal disease facilities, and long-term care facilities
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) | Agency for Healthcare . . . AHRQ has research, tools, programs and resources on HAIs and how clinicians can prevent or reduce them Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are among the leading threats to patient safety, affecting one out of every 31 hospital patients at any one time
About HAIs | HAIs | CDC Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are infections that patients get while or soon after receiving health care HAIs are a serious threat to healthcare safety Preventing HAIs is a top priority for CDC and its partners in public health and health care
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) HAI can be caused by a wide variety of common and unusual bacteria, fungi, and viruses HAIs are the most common complication of hospital care, occurring in approximately one in every thirty-one patients!
National HAI Targets Metrics - HHS. gov The U S Department of Health and Human Services released targets for the national acute care hospital metrics for the National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections: Road Map to Elimination (HAI Action Plan) in October 2024