When the nurse is taking health history of a newly admitted client, they get to know that the has been exposed to a pathogen during an outbreak of a nosocomial (hospital-acquired ) infection.
An impaired immune system dose not work properly and can't effectively protect a person against infection. Infection like the flu virus, mono (mononucleosis) and measles can weaken the immune system for a brief time.
They are infections acquired during the process of receiving health care that was not present during the time of admission.
The most common type of nosocomial infections are surgical wound infections, respiratory infections, genitourinary infections, as well as gastrointestinal infections.
They are often caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens acquired, excessive or improper antibiotic use, and not following infection control and prevention procedures.
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