Nosocomial (Or Healthcare-Associated) Infections Are Infections That

Nosocomial (or healthcare-associated) infections are infections that

A) people acquire while receiving treatment in a healthcare setting such as a hospital, therapy center, urgent care facility, or long-term care residence.
B) are caused by organisms that never cause disease in healthy people, but only in sick or immunocompromised people, such as those in the hospital.
C) that are novel or have recently increased in incidence, such as Ebola virus disease and Zika virus disease.
D) result as populations increase, and people move into areas where they are more likely to come into contact with reservoirs of disease.
E) follow the natural evolution of microbes that allows them to gain new characteristics such as the ability to produce a protective capsule.