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Microbiology · Chapter 11

The Big Four HAIs

Most healthcare-associated infections ride in on a device or an incision — a plastic tube or an open wound that lets microbes bypass the body's normal barriers. Meet the four that matter most: tap an infection to see where it enters and what grows there, then tap each prevention bundle step to block it.

Pick an infection

Prevention bundle 0 / 0
Complete every step to close the microbe's route in.
Four device & site infectionstap one to begin

Prevention bundle