the cidm was designed to inform infectious disease personnel when a patient has one of the following conditions : a hospital-acquired infection , an infection at a normally sterile body site , an infection due to a bacteria with an unusual antibiotic sensitivity pattern , an infection for which the patient is not receiving an antibiotic to which the offending bacteria is sensitive , an infection that could be treated with a less expensive antibiotic , an infection which is required by law to be reported to state and national health authorities , and those patients receiving prophylactic antibiotics longer than is medically indicated .
C0205721
hospital-acquired infection
C0009450
infection