Answer:
B. acquired during the course of hospitalization.
Step-by-step explanation:
Hospital infection is the infection acquired after the patient's hospitalization, which manifests itself during hospitalization or even after discharge, when it may be related to hospitalization or hospital procedures.
The hospital acts as a center where bacteria, viruses and many other microorganisms can be transmitted from one person to another. From time to time we have reports of infections acquired during hospitalization, or even after discharge. In addition to children and the elderly, patients with diabetes, patients with a depressed immune system, those who have used antibiotics for a long term, or who have undergone invasive procedures such as surgery, catheter placement, intubation, are considered at risk.
The number of nosocomial infections, as well as other infections, can be reduced to a large extent if a simple hygiene practice is practiced: handwashing. Healthcare professionals, visitors, relatives, caregivers should be careful to wash their hands well so as not to be vehicles of contamination agents.