Mod 2 Flashcards
What do epidemiologist study?
Factors that determine the frequency, distributions, determinants of disease in human populations they are concerned with how, what,when,where,why
Wha are Infectious diseases?
A disease that is caused by pathogen
What is communicable disease?
Disease that are transmissible from one human to another
Contagious disease
Defined as a communicable that is easily transmitted from one person to another Ex. Influenza
Zoonotic diseases
Infection disease that humans acquire from animal sources
What does incidence refer to?
Number of new cases durning a specific time
Morbidity rate
The number of new cases of a particular disease that occurred during a specified time period a per specifically defined population
What do pathologist study?
The structure and functional manifestations of disease and are involved in diagnosing diseases in individuals
Which of the following terms best describes chlamydial genital infection in the U.S.?
Pandemic disease
Sporadic disease
Arthropod-borne disease
Epidemic disease
Epidemic disease
Which of the following are considered reservoirs of infection?
All of the above
Contaminated food and drinks
Rabid animals
Carriers
All of the above
The most common nationally notifiable infectious disease in the U.S.?
The common cold
TB
Chlamydial genital infection
Gonorrhea
Chlamydial genital infection
Which of the following arthropods is the victor of Lyme disease?
Mite
Mosquitoes
Flea
Tick
Tick
The most common zoonotic diseases in the U.S.?
Lyme disease
Rabies
Rickey mountain spotted fever
Plague
Lyme disease
Which of the fallowing organisms is not the four most likely potential BW or bioterrorism agents?
B anthracis
Ebola virus
Y. Pest is
V. Major
Ebola virus
The following are major steps in the treatment of community’s drinking water?
Sedimentation
Flocculation
Boiling
Filtration
Boiling
The largest waterborne epidemic ever to occur in the United States occurred in which of the following cities?
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Typhoid fever is caused by species of
Campylobacter
Salmonella
Escherichia
Shingles
Salmonella
Which of the following association is incorrect?
Spotted fever rickettsiosis-mites
Ehrlichiosis-ticks
Plague-flea
Malaria-mosquito
Spotted fever rickettsiosis- mite
An HAI is one that
Is acquired in the community
Develops while the patient is hospitalized
The patient has at the time of hospital admission
Develops durning hospitalization or erupts within 14 days of hospital discharge
Develops durning hospitalization or erupts within 14 days of hospital discharge
An example of formite would be
Bandages from an infected wound
All of the above
Soiled bed linens
A drinking glass used by a patient
All of the above
Which of the following gram positive bacteria is most likely to be the cause of HAI?
Staphylococcus aureus
Which of the following gram- negative bacteria is least likely to be the cause of an HAI?
Salmonella species
A protective environment would be appropriate for a patient with?
With leukopenia
Which of the following is not a standard precautions?
Hand washing
Wearing gloves
Properly despising of needles
Placing a patient in a private room having negative air pressure
Placing a patient in a private room having negative air pressure
A patient suspected of having tuberculosis has been admitted what should you use?
Droplets precautions
Which of the following about medical asepsis is false?
The goal of medical asepsis is to exclude all microbes from an area
Which of the following statement about an AIIR is false?
Air entering the room is passed through HEPA filters
Contact precautions are required for patients with
All of the above
Clostridium difficile- associated disease
Infections caused by multidrug resistance bacteria
Viral hemorrhagic fever
All of the above
