Between January and June 2008 43 624 contact precautions days were indicated at the 3 study sites accounting for 23 4 of the patient-days The majority 67 2 of 424 unique patients observed in our study had a positive MDRO culture for one organism the remaining patients had positive cultures for 2 to 6 organisms

A hospital-acquired infection HAI also known as a nosocomial infection is an infection that is acquired in a hospital or other health care facility To emphasize both hospital and nonhospital settings it is sometimes instead called a health care associated infection HAI or HCAI Such an infection can be acquired in hospital nursing home rehabilitation facility outpatient clinic or
