Match the following items with the correct phrases.

_______1. Infections that patients develop while hospitalized or within 14 days of hospital discharge are considered to be ____________________.
_______2. Infections that patients have on hospital admission are considered to be
____________________.
_______3. ____________________ may result if healthcare workers fail to wash their hands after handling laboratory animals or pets being used for pet therapy.
_______4. Infections that are actually caused by healthcare workers are specifically known as ____________________.
_______5. Each year, in the United States, approximately 2 million hospitalized patients develop ____________________.


a. arthropodborne infections
b. community-acquired infections
c. iatrogenic infections
d. nosocomial infections
e. nosocomial zoonoses


1. d. nosocomial infections
2. b. community-acquired infections
3. e. nosocomial zoonoses
4. c. iatrogenic infections
5. d. nosocomial infections

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