pcm 2 Flashcards
Double blind study means
both observer & person or group being observed is blind about the study
Hospital acquired infection of surgical wound is mostly by
Instruments
Serial interval means
difference between primary case & secondary cases
Hospital based study is
Cross over study
Herd immunity is seen in
polio/measles/diptheria/pertusis/mumps/rubella/smallpox.
Herd immunity is not seen in
Tetanus
Vaccine most commonly associated with allergic reaction & shock
DPT
contraindicated in pregnancy
All Live vaccines & meningococcal
BCG sholud be given
immediately after birth
Hepatitis B vaccine should be given as
0,1,6 months
Total dose of vit A given under national immun. Shcedule
9 lacIU
Post exposure Rabies vac schedule
0-3-7-14-28-90
BCG/H.influenza/yellow fever is diluted in
Normal saline
Measles/MMR vaccine is diluted with
Distilled water/sterile water
Vitamin A should be given at the age of -
6-9 months
Rabies vaccine is prepared from
Fixed virus
Anti sera is obtained from
Horse.
Antisera are native sera or preparations from native sera containing specific immunoglobulin that have prophylactic or therapeutic action when injected into persons exposed to or suffering from a disease caused by a specific micro-organism.
First immunization of the Baby
Colostrum
Administration of which vaccine can result in paralysis in children
Sabin polio vaccine
What vaccines are given to a new-born
OPV, BCG and
Hepatitis B
Leprosy commonly spreads by
Milk
Yellow fever vaccination starts protection after how many days of injection
10 days
Ring vaccination is
given around 100 yards of a case detected
What vaccines are given to a pregnant woman?
Only Tetanus Toxoid (TT) vaccine is given to a pregnant woman.
Pentavalent
A single vaccine provides protection to children against five serious diseases viz.
Diphtheria, Pertussis,
Tetanus, Haemophilus Influenza Type B infections (leading to
pneumonia and brain fever) and Hepatitis B.
Three doses of this
vaccine are given to the child at 6, 10, 14 weeks
Gap between two live vaccines
4 weeks
BCG is given -
Intra dermal
Best way to sterilise glass syringes is
Hot air
Cold sterilization is done by
Ionizing radiation
Surgical blades are best sterilised by
Autoclave
Fibre optic scopes are sterilised by
Glutaraldehyde
True positive rate of a screening test is
1- false negative
Test used for screening cases of tuberculosis in India
sputum smear examination
Sensitivity of a screening test is
true positive
Screening test preferred for T2DM in India
Fasting blood sugar
Confirmatory test for Tuberculosis in India
AFB in sputum
True negatives are detected by
specificity
High false positive cases signify that disease has
high incidence & low prevalence
False negative means
person has disease but shows negative test result
High false positive in a test is due to
high sensitivity