You are assisting Dr. Jones with a procedure that has been classified as sterile. However, you later learn the patient acquired an iatrogenic infection. Who is ultimately responsible for this event? How would you determine responsibility? What information would be required to make this determination? Please support your answer with at least one reference.
Why is it important to know what type of infection a patient has? An infection is an infection, is an infection. Does it matter where it comes from, why or why not, please explain?
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You are assisting Dr. Jones with a procedure that has been classifie.docx
1. You are assisting Dr. Jones with a procedure that has been
classified as sterile. However, you later learn the patient
acquired an iatrogenic infection. Who is ultimately responsible
for this event? How would you determine responsibility? What
information would be required to make this determination?
Please support your answer with at least one reference.
Why is it important to know what type of infection a patient
has? An infection is an infection, is an infection. Does it matter
where it comes from, why or why not, please explain?
