Question 8 · LEK · Hospital-acquired infections
According to the World Health Organization infections associated with health care occur in about:
- A. 10 out of 100 hospitalized patients.
- B. 15 out of 100 hospitalized patients.
- C. 20 out of 100 hospitalized patients.
- D. 25 out of 100 hospitalized patients.
- E. 30 out of 100 hospitalized patients.
Hint
Recall the WHO estimate of how many hospitalised patients per hundred acquire at least one healthcare-associated infection.
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