What are Nosocomial Infection?
Sometimes when patients are admitted to the hospital, they get infections while they are in the hospital. This is a hospital-acquired infection or a nosocomial infection. Usually it is MRSA, VRE or C. Diff. It is important to monitor for these types of infections because we do not want them to spread between patients or from patient to visitor. We call this process of monitoring infection surveillance. Visit UHN health information for more information about the types of nosocomial infections.
