MCB 2004C Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Gram-Negative Bacteria, Hospital-Acquired Infection, Ignaz Semmelweis
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Please note this is just a guide to help you study, it should not replace taking notes in class, reading the book, or asking questions. This is not a comprehensive study guide exam questions may include extra information covered in the powerpoints/lecture that is not revisited here. It studies the occurrence, determinants, and distribution of health and disease within healthcare settings. Although the primary focus of healthcare epidemiology is on infection control and preventing healthcare-associated infections (hai"s), healthcare epidemiology includes any activities designed to study and improve patient care outcomes. Iatrogenic infection infection resulting from medical or surgical treatment (literally c) given by a physician), type of hai. 1: name the two diseases that are linked to c. difficile in the hospital. Be able to identify them as gram-positive and negative. Enterococcus faecium (vre) gram positive cocci. Staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) gram positive cocci.
