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Chances of infection

2017-12-20 06:46:40
If a healthy infant is kept with other infected infants in NICU then what are chances of getting infection. What is standard practice to keep healthy and infected babies in NICU.
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No one keeps healthy baby in an icu. Even if kept they take standard precautions to prevent infection

Answered2017-12-21 07:51:18

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