院内感染

いんないかんせん

Meanings

1. Noun hospital-acquired infection; healthcare-associated infection; HCAI; nosocomial infection See also: 市中感染 (しちゅうかんせん).

Kanji

• 院 institution. Read as イン.
• 内 inside. Read as ナイ.
• 感 feel. Read as カン.
• 染 stain. Read as セン.

Example sentences

• 病院は院内感染を防ぐため、感染患者を隔離した。
  The hospital quarantined the infected patients to avoid cross infection.

Word lists

• Medicine

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