Talk:Nosocomial infection

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Hi, my name is Christine Blouin. I am currently enrolled in school, training to be a Medical Assistant at CEI in Somerville, Massachusettes. I was assigned to a presentation in my Aseptic class on Sanitization. I was just wondering how i can find out which hospital in the nation or in the state of Massachusettes has the LOWEST nosocomial rates?

Thank You so much for your time& attention,

Christine

Try the Massachusetts Department of Public Health http://www.mass.gov/dph/ --agr 14:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Usage

Can anyone tell me the difference between nosocomial and idiopathic? 71.34.36.139 20:39, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Nosocomial essentially means an infection you acquired in a hospital, while idiopathic means that physicans are unable to reach a definitive cause for your pre-existing infection/disease. -- MarcoTolo 04:02, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stethoscope

I don't see any discussion of the potential for the stethoscope to transmit nosocomial infection. Most doctors do wash their hands, but few do anything to clean the stethoscope between patient visits. Doesn't the stethoscope bell have virtually the same infection spreading potential as the hands? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.138.150.86 (talk) 22:13, 16 March 2007 (UTC).

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