Which is an example of a hospital-acquired infection?
a. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection
b. Diabetic gangrene
c. Gunshot wound septicemia
d. Tuberculosis
ANS: A
An infection is considered hospital associated or acquired (formerly referred to as nosocomial) during the course of health care if it was neither present nor incubating when the patient was admitted. Medicare does not pay for HAI.
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