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Health care associated infection (HCAI)Wickramasinghe et al., 2013
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- Wickramasinghe S
- Dharmaratne T
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- Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health
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Health care associated infection (HCAI), also known as nosocomial infection or hospital infection, is an infection occurring in a patient during the process of care in a hospital or other health care facility which was not present or incubating at the time of admission1. This …
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