Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Hand Hygiene, and Vaccination — Medical Microbiology

Microbiology · Basic Sciences

How it begins

Catheter bacteremia, ventilator pneumonia, prevention bundles, WHO hand hygiene, attenuated/inactivated/mRNA vaccines and special regimens.

What it covers

1. 1. Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI): Epidemiology
2. 2. The Four Major HAI Syndromes in the Hospital Setting
3. 3. Hand Hygiene: The WHO 5 Moments
4. 4. Vaccine Immunology: Live Attenuated, Inactivated, Conjugate and mRNA
5. 5. Vaccination in Adults, Pregnant Women and the Immunocompromised
6. 6. Biosafety, Isolation and Transmission Prevention Protocols
7. 7. Visual Summary of Isolation Precautions
8. 8. Vaccines Introduced Between 2021 and 2025
9. 9. Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in the Hospital: What Has Changed
10. 10. Reasoned Clinical Cases
11. 11. Common Mistakes and Exam Pearls
12. 12. References and Sources for Further Reading