Cross Infection

Any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution.

Year introduced: HOSPITAL INFECTIONS was see under CROSS INFECTION 1971-1978, was see CROSS INFECTIONS 1963-1970

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Tree Number(s): C01.248, C23.550.291.875.500

MeSH Unique ID: D003428

Entry Terms:

• Health Care Associated Infection
• Health Care Associated Infections
• Healthcare Associated Infections
• Healthcare Associated Infection
• Infection, Healthcare Associated
• Infections, Healthcare Associated
• Infection, Cross
• Cross Infections
• Infections, Cross
• Infections, Hospital
• Hospital Infection
• Infection, Hospital
• Hospital Infections
• Infections, Nosocomial
• Infection, Nosocomial
• Nosocomial Infection
• Nosocomial Infections

See Also:

• Patient Isolation
• Patient Isolators
• Infection Control
• Community-Acquired Infections
• Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient
• Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
• Catheter-Related Infections

All MeSH Categories
Diseases Category
Infections
Cross Infection
Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated

All MeSH Categories
Diseases Category
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
Pathologic Processes
Disease Attributes
Iatrogenic Disease
Cross Infection
Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated