nosocomial
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of nosocomial
1850–55; < New Latin nosocomi ( um ) hospital (< Late Greek nosokomeîon, equivalent to Greek noso- noso- + kom- (base with sense “care, attendance,” as in gērokómos caring for the old) + -eion suffix of location) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Of relevance is the control of bacterial populations in health environments such as hospitals and other healthcare units to avoid the so-called nosocomial infections, mainly due to bacterial colonization on biomedical surfaces.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
"They can infect any organism and commonly contaminate hospital environments. As a result they are a leading cause of nosocomial infections, in particular at the ICU."
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is undertaking a review as part of Welsh government's national nosocomial Covid-19 programme looking at healthcare-acquired infections in the wake of the pandemic.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2023
We have also learned the hard way the crucial difference between technical competence at discrete surgical procedures and the quality of longer duration in-patient care, during which nosocomial risk soar even at the "best" hospitals.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2016
A hospital must be clean, spacious, and well-ventilated, or its atmosphere will become charged with the spores of septic fungi and produce nosocomial malaria.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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