Question 45 · LEK · Hospital-acquired infections
Epidemiological surveillance of hospital-related infections in healthcare includes all the following except for:
- A. epidemiological description of infections and pathogens.
- B. monitoring the microbiological flora, antibiotic susceptibility, trends in drug resistance of pathogens causing nosocomial infections.
- C. evaluation of problem level, i.e. incidence, mortality, drug resistance, etc.
- D. vaccination of healthcare professionals.
- E. comparative analysis of the situation of nosocomial infections in different healthcare facilities.
Hint
Separate what surveillance does (collecting, analysing and comparing data) from what infection-prevention interventions do.
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