(1) Haiglanakkus on nakkus, mida patsiendil ei olnud enne haiglasse või teise tervishoiuteenust osutavasse ettevõttesse minekut või mis ei ole eelmises sellises asutuses viibimise jääknäht, vaid on tekkinud patsiendil seal viibimise ajal või seal saadud ravi tagajärjel ja mille tunnused ilmnevad kas seal viibimise ajal või pärast sealt lahkumist.
defineeritakse kõikide Eesti õigusaktide ulatuses
(1) A nosocomial infection is an infection which a patient did not have before being admitted to or visiting a hospital or any other enterprise providing health care services and which is not a residual effect of the patient’s stay there but is a condition which the patient developed during his or her stay there or as a result of treatment received there and the symptoms of which develop during the patient’s stay or after leaving.
defined within the scope of all Estonian legal instruments