Boev Christine, Kiss Elizabeth
St. John Fisher College Wegmans School of Nursing, 3690 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618, USA.
St. John Fisher College Wegmans School of Nursing, 3690 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618, USA.
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2017 Mar;29(1):51-65. doi: 10.1016/j.cnc.2016.09.012. Epub 2016 Dec 22.
Health care-associated infections (HAIs) are the primary cause of preventable death and disability among hospitalized patients. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), complications or infections secondary to either device implantation or surgery are referred to as HAIs. Specifically, the CDC monitors surgical site infections, central-line-associated bloodstream infection, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, and ventilator-associated pneumonias. This article explores HAIs specific to pathophysiology, epidemiology, and prevention, and how nurses can work together with other health care providers to decrease the incidence of these preventable complications.
医疗保健相关感染（HAIs）是住院患者可预防死亡和残疾的主要原因。根据疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）的定义，因器械植入或手术引发的并发症或感染被称为医疗保健相关感染。具体而言，CDC监测手术部位感染、中心静脉导管相关血流感染、导尿管相关尿路感染以及呼吸机相关性肺炎。本文探讨了医疗保健相关感染在病理生理学、流行病学和预防方面的具体情况，以及护士如何与其他医疗保健提供者共同努力降低这些可预防并发症的发生率。
