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# Nosocomial infection

Therapeutic area

Infectious Disease

Rare disease

No

## Definition and classification

**Definition**

An infection acquired in a hospital or other healthcare setting.

**Genetic basis**

No

**Non-human condition**

No

**Rare disease**

No

**Listing at source**

Listed

**Condition name**

Nosocomial infection

**Therapeutic area**

Infectious Disease

### Alternative names (25)

- nosocomial infection
- HAI
- Healthcare-associated infection
- hospital-acquired infection
- hospital-onset infection
- nosocomial infection
- nosocomial infectious disease
- Cross infections
- Healthcare associated infection
- Healthcare associated infections
- associated infection, Healthcare
- associated infections, Healthcare
- health care associated infection
- health care associated infections
- hospital infection
- hospital infections
- infection, Cross
- infection, Healthcare associated
- infection, hospital
- infection, nosocomial
- infections, Cross
- infections, Healthcare associated
- infections, hospital
- infections, nosocomial
- nosocomial infections

## Clinical profile

**Disease mechanisms**

- Acquired

**All therapeutic areas**

- Infectious Disease

**Severity**

Unknown

## Identifiers

**MONDO ID**

MONDO:0043544

Source: [monarchinitiative.org](https://monarchinitiative.org/MONDO:0043544)

**Parent condition**

MONDO:0005550

## Related records

### Broader conditions (6)

- Disease
- Disease by etiologic mechanism
- Disease of primarily extrinsic mechanism
- Human disease
- Iatrogenic disease
- [Infectious disease](https://trialight.com/data/condition/infectious-disease-dadc2591-65fc-5842-b510-cfbc295d8093.md)

### Narrower conditions (3)

- Iatrogenic botulism
- Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Iatrogenic Kaposi's sarcoma

### Trials (290)

- 4% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Daily Bathing for Prevention of Hospital-acquired Infections in Intensive Care Settings
- A Efficacy and Safety Study of Nasal Prongs With Proprietary Surface Coating Aiming to Reduce Bacterial Colonization
- A Multi-level Antimicrobial Surface Coating for a Healthier Environment
- A Randomized Trial Comparing Matt and Antimicrobial Cellomed Laminates
- A Safety and Efficacy Study of Doripenem in Participants With Nosocomial Pneumonia, Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections and Urinary Tract Infections
- A Safety and Tolerability Study of Doripenem Compared With Cefepime in Hospitalized Children With Bacterial Pneumonia
- A Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of Doripenem in Filipino Patients With Nosocomial Pneumonia, Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections and Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
- Achromobacter Xylosoxidans (ACHX) Infections
- Active Bathing to Eliminate Infection (ABATE Infection) Trial
- Acupuncture as add-on to G-CSF for Febrile Neutropenia-related Hospitalization in Doxorubicin-treated Patients With Sarcoma
- Adjuvant Systemic Chemotherapy With or Without HAI-FUDR in Patients With Resected CRLM
- Administration of a Lactobacillus GG and Vitamins Containing Mixture is Effective in Preventing Nosocomial Infection in Children
- Administration of Zepatier (Grazoprevir Plus Elbasvir) in Chronic Hemodialysis (HD) Patients With Hepatitis C
- AI-Driven Prediction of Hospital-Acquired Infections With EHR
- Alcohol Hand Gel Use in Mbale Regional Referral Hospital: a Cost Effectiveness Evaluation
- An Effectiveness, Safety, and Microbiology Study of Doripenem in Patients With Nosocomial (Hospital-acquired) Pneumonia
- An Epidemiological Study on Antimicrobial Treatment of Nosocomial Infections in Clinical Practice
- An Open Study to Assess the Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Fluorothyazinone as a Single-Dose Administration or a Treatment Course in Healthy Volunteers
- Antibacterial Effect of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on Acinetobacter Baumannii Isolated From Patients With Hospital Acquired Infections in Sohag University Hospitals, Egypt
- Antibiotic Stewardship and Infection Control in Patients at High Risk of Developing Infection by Clostridium Difficile, Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci or Multi-Resistant Gram-Negatives

### Approved drugs (2)

- Doripenem monohydrate
- Telavancin hydrochloride

### Drugs in development (6)

- [Chlorhexidine gluconate](https://trialight.com/data/asset/chlorhexidine-gluconate-3bac4140-cfe7-4d11-9be4-8cdd892e90a4.md) Phase 2
- Daptomycin Phase 3
- Glutamine Phase 2
- Maltodextrin Phase 2
- Vancomycin Phase 3
- Vancomycin hydrochloride Phase 3

### Other linked drugs (2)

- [Alcohol](https://trialight.com/data/asset/alcohol-94acdb16-f595-4fd2-a9fa-0e1509bc9a8f.md)
- Lactulose

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