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What do epidemiologist study?

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Factors that determine the frequency, distributions, determinants of disease in human populations they are concerned with how, what,when,where,why

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Wha are Infectious diseases?

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A disease that is caused by pathogen

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What is communicable disease?

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Disease that are transmissible from one human to another

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Contagious disease

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Defined as a communicable that is easily transmitted from one person to another Ex. Influenza

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Zoonotic diseases

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Infection disease that humans acquire from animal sources

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What does incidence refer to?

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Number of new cases durning a specific time

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Morbidity rate

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The number of new cases of a particular disease that occurred during a specified time period a per specifically defined population

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What do pathologist study?

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The structure and functional manifestations of disease and are involved in diagnosing diseases in individuals

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Which of the following terms best describes chlamydial genital infection in the U.S.?

Pandemic disease
Sporadic disease
Arthropod-borne disease
Epidemic disease

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Epidemic disease

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Which of the following are considered reservoirs of infection?

All of the above
Contaminated food and drinks
Rabid animals
Carriers

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All of the above

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The most common nationally notifiable infectious disease in the U.S.?

The common cold
TB
Chlamydial genital infection
Gonorrhea

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Chlamydial genital infection

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Which of the following arthropods is the victor of Lyme disease?

Mite
Mosquitoes
Flea
Tick

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Tick

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The most common zoonotic diseases in the U.S.?

Lyme disease
Rabies
Rickey mountain spotted fever
Plague

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Lyme disease

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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

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Ebola virus

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The following are major steps in the treatment of community’s drinking water?

Sedimentation
Flocculation
Boiling
Filtration

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Boiling

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The largest waterborne epidemic ever to occur in the United States occurred in which of the following cities?

Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
Milwaukee

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Milwaukee

17
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Typhoid fever is caused by species of

Campylobacter
Salmonella
Escherichia
Shingles

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Salmonella

18
Q

Which of the following association is incorrect?

Spotted fever rickettsiosis-mites
Ehrlichiosis-ticks
Plague-flea
Malaria-mosquito

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Spotted fever rickettsiosis- mite

19
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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

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Develops durning hospitalization or erupts within 14 days of hospital discharge

20
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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

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All of the above

21
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Which of the following gram positive bacteria is most likely to be the cause of HAI?

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Staphylococcus aureus

22
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Which of the following gram- negative bacteria is least likely to be the cause of an HAI?

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Salmonella species

23
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A protective environment would be appropriate for a patient with?

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With leukopenia

24
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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

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Placing a patient in a private room having negative air pressure

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A patient suspected of having tuberculosis has been admitted what should you use?

A

Droplets precautions

26
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Which of the following about medical asepsis is false?

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The goal of medical asepsis is to exclude all microbes from an area

27
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Which of the following statement about an AIIR is false?

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Air entering the room is passed through HEPA filters

28
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Contact precautions are required for patients with

All of the above
Clostridium difficile- associated disease
Infections caused by multidrug resistance bacteria
Viral hemorrhagic fever

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All of the above

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