院内(いんない)感染(かんせん)

いんないかんせん
noun
hospital-acquired infection
formalmedicalhealth
1. hospital-acquired infection; nosocomial infection
An infection that a patient or staff member catches inside a hospital or care facility, rather than bringing in from outside.
院内(いんない)感染(かんせん)が起(お)きた。
A hospital-acquired infection broke out.
院内(いんない)感染(かんせん)を防(ふせ)ぐため、面会(めんかい)が制限(せいげん)されている。
Visits are restricted to prevent infections spreading inside the hospital.
その病院(びょういん)では院内(いんない)感染(かんせん)で複数(ふくすう)の患者(かんじゃ)が亡(な)くなり、感染(かんせん)対策(たいさく)が問題(もんだい)になった。
Several patients at that hospital died of infections caught there, and its infection control came under question.

Usage

院内(いんない) (inside the hospital) + 感染(かんせん) (infection). A news and medical word.

Common collocations

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