What does nosocomial mean?
nosocomial • nah-suh-KOH-mee-ul • adjective. : acquired or occurring in a hospital. Examples: A minor nosocomial outbreak of the disease occurred when doctors failed to diagnose the infected patient’s illness in time. “…
What is an example of a nosocomial infection?
Some well known nosocomial infections include: ventilator-associated pneumonia, Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, Acinetobacter baumannii, Clostridium difficile, Tuberculosis, Urinary tract infection, Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus and Legionnaires’ disease.
What part of speech is nosocomial?
adjective. (of infections) contracted as a result of being hospitalized; hospital-acquired.