What increases the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)?

What increases the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)?

HAIs happen in hospitals, nursing homes, long-term care facilities, ambulatory surgical centers, dialysis centers, and other healthcare facilities. These factors increase the risk of an HAI:

• Use of catheter (drainage tube) or ventilator (breathing tube).
• Injections.
• Surgery.
• Facility or equipment not properly cleaned and disinfected.
• Disease that spreads between healthcare worker to patient or patient to patient.