Infection Prevention Flashcards
GIve some examples of infections that can be spread by person to person contact
Influenza Norovirus Neisseria gonorrhoea
How would indirect person-to-person contact be described?
Contact through a vector e.g. Mosquitos transmitting malaria
How would you describe an “outbreak” of disease?
Two or more cases linked in time and place
How would you describe an epidemic?
A rate of infection that is greater than the usual background rate
How you you describe a pandemic?
A very high rate of infection spreading across many regions, countries and continents
How would you describe an “endemic disease”
The usual background rate of infection
What is the basic reproduction number (BRN)?
The average number of cases one case generates over the course of its infectious period, in an otherwise uninflected, non-immune population
