NAVMEDCOMINST 6230.2 MALARIA PREVENTION AND CONTROL Flashcards
MALARIA PREVENTION AND CONTROL
NAVMEDCOMINST 6230.2
MALARIA RISK AREAS
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA , AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST, ASIA
WHAT MOSQUITO GIVES MALARIA
ANOPHELES MOSQUITO
WHEN DO YOU SEND OUT A DAR
SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED MALARIA CASE
INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE TREATED FOR MALARIA CAN NOT DONATE BLOOD FOR HOW LONG?
3 YEARS
INDIVIDUALS WHO TOOK MALARIA MEDS WHILE IN A MALARIA AREA CAN NOT DONATE BLOOD FOR HOW LONG?
3 YEARS
INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE IN MALARIA AREA W/ NO MEDS CAN NOT DONATE BLOOD FOR HOW LONG?
6 MONTHS BEFORE DONATING
INDIVIDUALS WHO TOOK ANTIMALARIA MEDS BUT DID NOT GO TO MALARIA AREA CAN NOT DONATE BLOOD FOR HOW LONG?
NO WAIT TIME NEEDED
A PERSON WHO HAS G6PD SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN WHAT?
PRIMAQUINE
WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN G6PD IS GIVEN PRIMAQUINE?
HEMOLYSIS
WHAT DO YOU PUT IN THE DAR?
3 MONTHS ITINERARY OF INDIVIDUAL
WHAT TEST IS USED TO SEE CHLOROQUINE IN URINE?
WILSON-EDESON TEST
WHY DO WE USE THE WILSON-EDESON TEST?
TO SEE UNIT COMPLIANCE
WHAT IS USED FOR LAB DIAGNOSIS OF MALARIA?
GIEMSA’S STAINING SOLUTION
WHAT % OF FALSE NEGATIVE DOES THE WILSON-EDESON HAVE?
15%
HOW MANY SPECIES OF PLASMODIUM ARE THERE?
FOUR
T OR F. CDC RECOMMENDATIONS DO NOT TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER NAVY ‘S RECOMMENDATIONS.
TRUE
WHO CONDUCTS TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH?
NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT
2 SOURCES OF MEDICAL FLEET UNITS
HUNTER’S TROPICAL MEDICINE & BENCH AIDS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF MALARIA
TRUE OR FALSE. ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS PPE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEANS (MORE SO THAN CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS) FOR MALARIA PREVENTION
TRUE
SINCE RESISTANCE TO CHLOROQUINE IS RISING WHAT ARE THE USUAL CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS?
DOXY AND FANSIDAR
PARENTERAL ANTIMALARIA MEDS LIKE QUINIDINE GLUCONATE & DIHYDROCHLORIDE ARE TREATMENT FOR WHAT?
SEVERE MALARIA CASES LIKE THOSE FROM LASMODIUM FALCIPARUM (SOMETIMES W/ P. VIVAX)
WHAT ARE SOME RECOMMENDED TECH. PUBLICATIONS?
“NAVY MEDICAL DEPT. TO MALARIA PREVENTION &CONTROL,
CCDM
HEALTH INFO. FOR INTERNATION TRAVEL FROM CDC”
What is the Wilson-Edeson Test
Screening test for the presence of chloroquine in the urine. It tests for overall compliance with taking choroquine. 15% false negative rate.
True or false. Documented malaria, in the presence of urinary chloroquine strongly suggests a chloroquine-resistant strain.
TRUE
The types of parenteral antimalarial drugs used to treat severe cases of malaria are:
Parenteral chloroquine hydrochloride, quidine gluconate, and quinine dihydrochloride
