PSM 7 Flashcards
Restriction of activities of a contact, who has been exposed to a case of communicable disease for maximum incubation period, is termed as:
Quarantine
The required temperature for sterilization against spores in Hot-air oven is:
160-1800C for one hour
“Dettol” is a commonly used antiseptic agent in the community. Its chemical name is:
Chloroxylenol
The strength of association between the cause and the disease
Incidence rate
Killing power of a disease is best expressed by
Case fatality rate
In incidence rate of disease between exposed group and non-exposed group is
Attributable risk
Koplik’s spots are the diagnostic sign of one of the following diseases
Measles
The best strategy recommended by WHO for the control of pulmonary Tuberculosis is
Early case detection and prompt treatment
Disease spread by infected droplets
a. Chicken pox
b. Measles
c. Mumps
d. Rubella
diseases have a human healthy carrier
a. Cholera
b. Diphtheria
c. Salmonellosis
d. HIV
a cell derived vaccine
Hepatitis B
most reliable indicator of fertility in a country
Total fertility rate
Net reproduction rate
The number of daughters a new born girl will bear during her life time assuming fixed age specific fertility and mortality rate
a meat borne disease
Taeniasis.
One important clinical sign of Kwashiorkor type of malnutrition is
Oedema
