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The hospital infection is the infection which develops during the patient's stay in the hospital but who was not present or was in the incubation stage at the time of is introduction. Also, the infection that develops 48 hours after the patient leaves the hospital, is a hospital infection. Patient infection is caused by pathogenic microbes originating either from the hospital environment of from the patient's microbial flora, causing various infections, sometimes serious and sometimes milder. The most common and serious nosocomial infections are infections of the urinary tract, the respiratory tract, surgical wound infections and microbes. Patients who are most vulnerable to infection are those who are in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), immunocompromised patients, patients with prolonged hospitalization, and the elderly. In particular, patients who have catheters either urine or intravascular, respirators and those who have recently undergone some surgery, are highly likely to be infected with a pathogenic microbe and develop an infection. Another reason for a hospital infection is the use of antibiotics in large quantities, resulting in the creation of resistant microbes, which make it difficult to treat the infection and find the right treatment. The reduction of incidents due to hospital infections will be made by observing the hygiene rules by the hospital staff, but always with the help of the hospital administration