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hospital-acquired infection

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  • MaryW commented on the word hospital-acquired infection

    My father's later years were marred by a "hospital-acquired infection" (HAI) that he apparently contracted during a minor knee-draining procedure.

    James B. Lieber, Killer Care: How Medical Error Became America's Third Largest Cause of Death, and What Can Be Done About It (New York: OR Books, 2015), Introduction

    March 1, 2016