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CIC Bioterrorism Flashcards

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Bioterrorism response

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R - recognize
A - avoid
I - isolate
N - notify

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Syndromic serveillance

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  • used during mass influx of infectious patients, e.g., bioterrorism event, influenza pandemic
  • collection & analysis of syndrome-related data, e.g., symptoms and infection
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High priority bioterrorism agents

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  • easily disseminated or transmitted person to person

e. g., anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, tularemia, viral hemorrhagic fevers

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Plague

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  • potential bioterrorism agent
  • Droplet/Contact transmission
  • Droplet precautions 72 hrs effective antibiotic therapy
  • Contact with skin lesions can cause infection
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Quarantine

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-separation of exposed persons who are not symptomatic

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Anthrax

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  • potential bioterrorism agent
  • not transmitted person to person
  • inhalation to contaminated powder or dust
  • 6+ weeks antibiotic treatment
  • standard precautions (avoid inhaling powder)
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Tularemia

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  • potential bioterrorism agent
  • potential bioterrorsim agent
  • no person to person transmission
  • standard perecautions
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Q fever

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  • Potential bioterrorism agent
  • rare person to person transmission
  • standard precautions
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Smallpox

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  • potential bioterrorism agent
  • person to person transmission by respiratory secretions, aerosols, contact with lesions and fomites
  • Airborne/contact precautions, including during autopsy and postmortem care
  • infectious until scabs separated
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Botulism

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  • potential bioterrorism agent
  • no person to person transmission
  • standard precautions
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Brucella

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  • potential bioterrorism agent
  • person to person contact through contact with draining lesions, tissue transplants, sexual contact
  • standard precautions
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Viral equine encephalitis

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  • potential bioterrorism agent
  • no person to person transmission
  • transmission through inhalation or mosquitos
  • standard precautions
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Staph entertoxin B

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  • potential bioterrorism agent
  • no person to person transmission
  • standard precautions
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Ricin

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  • potential bioterrorism agent
  • no person to person transmission
  • standard precautions
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Cholera

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  • potential bioterrorism agent
  • fecal-oral transmission (contaminate foods/fluids)
  • standard precautions
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Viral hemorrhagic fever

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  • potential bioterrorism agent
  • person to person transmission thru inhalation of aerosols or percutaneous injury
  • droplet/contact precautions, including during postmortem care and autopsy
  • eye protection needed
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Glanders

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  • potential bioterrorism agent
  • transmission thru inhalation or contact
  • standard precautions

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