There is a high incidence of infection in hospitals because
A) many medical procedures breach the patient's external barriers.
B) many patients in hospitals have lowered body defences.
C) there are many sources of pathogenic organisms in hospitals.
D) many patients are immunocompromised in some way.
E) all of the above.
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