Healthcare Associated Infections terms starting with M

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1. Maximal Being at the top limit.
2. Medical Procedure An examination, surgery, diagnostic test, a laboratory test that is done by a healthcare provider.
3. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) MRSA causes a staph infection (pronounced "staff infection") that is resistant to several common antibiotics. There are two types of infection.
4. monitor (MAH-nih-ter) In medicine, to regularly watch and check a person or condition to see if there is any change.
5. Morbidity A disease or the incidence of disease within a population. Morbidity also refers to adverse effects caused by a treatment.
6. Mortality The state of being mortal (destined to die). Mortality also refers to the death rate, or the number of deaths in a certain group of people in a certain…
7. Multidrug-resistant Organism (MDRO) Bacteria that have become unusually resistant to many of the drugs that used to be effective against them.