Pathogens and infectious diseases that ____ potentially be acquired in healthcare settings include gastrointestinal illness, hospital-onset Clostridium difficile infections (C. difficile), and MRSA bacteremia (bloodstream infections). However, the full list is much longer and includes multiple other pathogens and infectious diseases such as some of the following.
Acinetobacter Bloodborne Pathogens Burkholderia Cepacia Chickenpox (Varicella) Clostridium Sordellii Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Ebola (Viral Hemorrhagic Fever) Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C HIV/AIDS Influenza Mumps Norovirus Parvovirus Poliovirus Pneumonia Rubella SARS S. pneumoniae (Drug resistant) Tuberculosis VISA - Vancomycin Intermediate Staphylococcus Aureus VRSA - Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus