Healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are infections that the patient acquire while staying in the hospital for receiving medical or surgical treatment. These infections can be caused by infectious agents such as virus, bacteria, fungi, and less common type of pathogen. The HAIs can occur anywhere the healthcare provided such as acute care hospitals, nonhospital sittings such as mobile surgical centers, hemodialysis centers, long-term facilities such as nursing homes and the providers’ offices (Curtis et al., 2013).
There are many risk factors that are associated the HAIs which include indwelling medical devices usage (indwelling urinary catheters, central or peripheral intravenous lines, and endotracheal tubes), injections, surgical procedures,
There are many risk factors that are associated the HAIs which include indwelling medical devices usage (indwelling urinary catheters, central or peripheral intravenous lines, and endotracheal tubes), injections, surgical procedures,