Consider the article The Ethics of Empowering Patients as Partners in Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention, particularly the inclusion of patients in the process of working to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

Consider the article The Ethics of Empowering Patients as Partners in Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention, particularly the inclusion of patients in the process of working to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Consider some of the ethical implications with regard to patient autonomy and patient welfare when we do not involve patients in specific decisions regarding known risk (e.g., surgical infection risk).