IDSR

Question 1

Classification of IDSR

Answer 1

Epidemic prone diseases
Diseases targeted for elimitation or eradication
Diseases of public health importance

Question 2

Diff. Between elimination and eradication.

Answer 2

Elimination: no new case of the disease for atleast 3 consecutive years. (Locally)

Eradication: global elimination + extermination of imfectious agent.

Question 3

Who is responsible for. Investigation of a notifiable disease?

Answer 3

IDSR FOCAL PERSON. The person a doctor should contact when he has notify epidemic prone diseases.

Question 4

What’s is listing and its uses?

Answer 4

Listing is a register containing info of every body with the disease.

It can be used to draw an epidemic curve.
It includes time of onset of symptoms time of presentation.

Question 5

What xteristics makes a disease easy to be eradicated with examples.

Answer 5

Disease with:
No extra human transmission
Diseases with no mode of exit thus no man to man transmission
Effective vaccine.

Examples:
Poliomyelitis
Neonatal tetanus
Dracunculiasis

Those for elimination:
Hansen’s dx
TB
Lymphatic filariasis

Question 6

What are the components of the following types of case base forms?
IDSR001A, IDSR001B & IDSR001C

Answer 6

IDSR001A contains biodata of pt and onset of symptoms
B contains A + sample type
C is a line listing form. Contains details of everyone presenting with the dx and their time of presentation.

Question 7

When are the following used and how frequent are they filled?
IDSR001, IDSR002, IDSR003

Answer 7

001 - used for epidemic prone dxs, polio and neonatal tetanus.
It is filled immediately.

002 - for diseases targeted for eradication/elimination except polio and neonatal tetanus.
It is filled weekly.

003 - for diseases of public health importance.
It is filled monthly