Risk factors are described as any attribute, characteristic, or exposures that affect the onset and progression of disease; therefore, risk factors may significantly alter treatment results.
Health care professionals who are directly and indirectly involved in patient care can be exposed to infectious agents that can be transmitted to and from clinicians and patients.
Biofilms are composed of bacteria adhering to each other or to living or nonliving surfaces. They form complex communities surrounded by extracellular polymeric substances. Cells within these biofilms have changing physiologic and metabolic…
The primary goal of an infection prevention and control program is to prevent health care-associated infections in patients and prevent exposures and illnesses in personnel.