Health
Patients are getting infected with covid-19 in the hospital. It happened to one of mine and killed him. – The Washington Post
Hospital-acquired covid-19 happens. Often, it occurs when staff unintentionally spread the disease to patients.
He was another victim of covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. But this was something called nosocomial covid-19, that is, his infection was acquired in the hospital, not in the community.
As an infectious-disease doctor, I know nosocomial infections well. MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), VRE (vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus) and C. diff (Clostridium difficile) are the bread-and-butter of my practice, afflicting too many patients getting treated in my hospital….
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