Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Running head: MICROBIOLOGY
CRITIQUE- NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS
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MICROBIOLOGY1
Nosocomial infections are also known as healthcare-associated infections or HCAI. These
infections have been found to occur in patients who are under intensive medical care inside a
healthcare facility. In the beginning, this paper stated that nosocomial infections are mostly
associated with ventilators and catheters1. However, this is not always the case since one of the
most significant cases of nosocomial infections has been identified to have occurred due to
improper hand washing. This essay will be a critique of nosocomial infections discussion that is
done in an authentic scientific research paper.
Four main types of nosocomial infections were discussed in this paper which is named as
CLABSI or the central line-associated bloodstream infections, CAUTI or the catheter-associated
urinary tract infections, surgical site infections of the SSI and VAP of ventilator-associated
pneumonia. Pieces of evidence can be gathered from the internet in various databases discussed
these four types as the major kinds of nosocomial infections. However, PPE associated
nosocomial infections and nosocomial infections due to improper handwashing have been
completely excluded from the research2. There are many pieces of evidence that the two types of
nosocomial infections are very much dangerous for patient life since it gets directly transferred
from the carelessness of the healthcare workers. Next, this paper discussed the types of
nosocomial pathogens. This discussion can be stated to be nearly perfect in this paper because it
discussed the three most significant groups of pathogens associated with the cause of nosocomial
infections. Bacteria, fungi and viruses are the three pioneer groups of nosocomial infections.
Some of the bacteria were also named correctly including MRSA or the Methicillin-resistant S.
aureus. This bacteria has been found to be resistant to methicillin and became a major pathogen
11. Khan, Hassan Ahmed, Fatima Kanwal Baig, and Riffat Mehboob. "Nosocomial infections: Epidemiology,
prevention, control and surveillance." Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 7, no. 5 (2017): 478-482.
22. Athavale, Virendra S., Aditya P. Lad, Bhoomi G. Raval, Prachi C. Bhide, and Iresh A. Shetty. "Importance of
handwashing prior to wound dressings in prevention of nosocomial infection in surgical wards." International
Surgery Journal 5, no. 4 (2018): 1422-1427.