health warnings if necessary. c. Ensure that vessels meet the sanitary code in terms of cleanliness‚ hygiene and elimination of potential contaminants. d. Destruction of pest‚ rodents and other disease vectors to avoid spreading to the host country and detection and investigation of any subsequent disease such as plaque that could result from them. e. Delegation of duties pertaining health such as waste management‚ passenger inspection and verification. f. Enforcement of the international‚ regional
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about a patient’s lifestyle and about possible environmental exposures important when investigating an outbreak? A patient’s lifestyle can tell what kind of environment they are in which then tells us what kind of diseases they are exposed to and are at risk of catching. Certain diseases are very contagious and some remain airborne‚ thus making it easy for one sick person to infect another if in close enough contact. If there are a lot of people in close contact‚ say like in a college campus‚ then
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December 10‚ 2010 Microbiology Chain of Infection Link 1: The Organism (10 pts) Scientific name: Infectious mononucleosis Common name of disease: mono; also‚ the kissing disease Characteristics: [bacteria/virus/parasite‚ toxins‚ anaerobe/aerobe‚ etc] Mononucleosis is a lymphatic system disease‚ usually caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) (first cultured by Michael Epstein and Yvonne Barr). A similar condition is often caused by the
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CDC Seeks $40M to Modernize Infectious Disease Tracking Tools Yasmila Lazara Morales Galen College of Nursing CDC Seeks $40M to Modernize Infectious Disease Tracking Tools The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is requesting$6.6 billion in 2014’s budget. Out of $6.6 billion‚ $434.4 million will be used to modernize infectious disease outbreaks investigation‚ reduce healthcare-associated infection‚ and food safety. The CDC is requesting $40 million for advanced molecular detection
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medical information. The issue is that 196 patients’ records at the hospital’s Infectious Disease Associates Practice were left by an employee on the subway. These records contained names‚ medical record numbers‚ dates of birth‚ health insurers and their policy numbers‚ diagnosis‚ and names of their providers for 66 patients. The Infectious Disease unit treats people with HIV/AIDS‚ as well as other infectious diseases. The records were never recovered and were lost on March 9‚ 2009. The Department
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because of the infectious agents they may contain. * Spurred by the spread of HIV/AIDS‚ the CDC has recommended safety precautions concerning the handling of patient materials by health care workers. * Universal precaution (or blood and body fluid precaution). * Emphasis on good knowledge and common sense. * Safety is everybody’s business : From the Employer → Safety Officer → Employee Functions of the Employer: * To educate the employees about handling infectious agents.
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or bill voted down in congress sometimes the vaccinations themselves may have no real cause‚ reason or greatly beneficial factors to be mandated in the first place. “A vaccine that offers incomplete protection against a virus‚ and in turn‚ for a disease that is classified as ‘‘rare’’ in the United States and that may‚ in fact‚ never develop at all as a pathological condition‚ constitutes
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and Toxicology I. Risk‚ Probability‚ and Hazards Risks and hazards—some avoidable‚ some not—compromise everyday life. A. A risk is a measure of your likelihood of suffering harm from a hazard. 1. Such a hazard may cause injury‚ disease‚ economic loss‚ or environmental damage. 2. Risk assessment is projected as a probability: a mathematical statement about how likely it is that harm will result from a hazard. It gives the estimate of an event’s actually happening. 3.
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Personal Health Infectious Disease Extra Credit Paper April 28‚ 2012 Scarlet Fever Definition Scarlet fever (sometimes referred to as scarlatina) is an infectious disease characterized by fever‚ sore throat (pharyngitis)‚ and a characteristic rash. Scarlet fever is predominantly a childhood disease occurring in children 2-10 years of age‚ though it can less commonly occur in older children and adults. The incidence and mortality rates associated with this once feared disease have significantly
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Communicable Disease Invaders Note to the Illustrator: Please localize the drawing. Show a typical Filipino male and female adolescent. Cover the whole shield with the pictures of washing hand and cleaning the surroundings so that the shield can be distinguishable In general‚ diseases can be either communicable or non-communicable. Communicable diseases are due to an infectious process and can be transmitted from one person to another. As such‚ prevention and control of communicable diseases is a
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