title: Prevention and treatment of health care-acquired infections.
abstract: Health care-acquired infections present a tremendous challenge to the care of hospitalized patients. Unfortunately, the risk of acquiring a health care-associated infection (HAI) is rising. The vast majority of HAI are of four types: urinary tract infections, surgical site infections, bloodstream infections, and pneumonia. This chapter aims to provide current data and strategies relating to the prevention of HAIs among hospitalized patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. leanne.gasink@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Leanne B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Gasink
authors.forename: Ebbing
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lautenbach
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology