i·at·ro·gen·ic (-tr-jnk) adj. Induced in a patient by a
physician's activity, manner, or therapy. Used especially of
an infection or other complication of treatment.
nosocomial \Nos`o*co"mi*al\, a. [L. nosocomium a hospital,
Gr.
?; ? disease + ? to attend to.]
Of or pertaining to a hospital; as,
nosocomial atmosphere.
--Dunglison.
We have overlapping Venn diagrams. Many infections are both
iatrogenic and noscomial. If I draw fluid out of a knee in my
office, the patient becomes infected - that is iatrogenic. If
you are admitted to the hospital, have no procedures, yet
develop an infection, that is noscomial.
If I operate and you get infected your infection is both
iatrogenic and noscomial.
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WordRunner@aol.com wrote:
> Hospital acquired infections are called
"nosocomial
> infections," while
> "iatrogenic infections" refer only to infections
acquired
> during a treatment
> or procedure of some sort, pr at least that is the
way I
> remember it.
>
> Jim Blue
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