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1. prepare for field work
2.establish the existence of an outbreak
3.verify the diagnosis
4. construct/define working case definition
5. perform descriptive epidemiology
6.develop hypotheses
Steps of an Outbreak Investigation
7. evaluate hypotheses
8.reconsider/refine, re-evaluate hypothesis
9. compare and reconcile with lab and/or environmental studies
10. implement control and prevention measures
11. initiate or maintain surveillance
12. communicate findings
standard set of criteria for classifying if they have the health condition of interest.
Step 4: case definition
Includes symptoms anddd setting of outbreak, investigation, restrictions by time,
place, and person.
epi curve - mode of spread, period of exposure.
Step 6: descriptive epidemiology
infection over time
notifiable disease is one for which regular, frequent, and timely information
regarding individual cases is considered necessary for the prevention and control
of the disease
Must report to local or regional health departments, state, and CDC.
Step 13: communicate findings
Report weekly in MMWR
State health departments responsible for monitoring and controlling diseases
within states.
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A.Receiving calls from affected residents
Which are the most common ways that B.Receiving calls from healthcare providers
a local health department uncovers
outbreaks? Most outbreaks come to the attention of health authorities because an alert
clinician or a concerned case-patient (or parent of a case-patient) calls
A.The nature of the disease
B.The number of cases
C.Resources available
D.Health department's traditional attitude toward conducting field investigations
Factors that influence a health
department's decision whether or not to
Factors influencing a health department's decision to conduct a field investigation
conduct a field investigation in
include some related to the health problem itself (e.g., severity of illness, number
response to one or more cases of
of cases, availability of prevention / control measures), some relate to the health
disease include
department (e.g., "corporate culture" for conducting field investigations versus
handling it by telephone, available staff and resources), and some relate to
external concerns (e.g., public or political pressure).
A.Clinical features
B.Time
C.Place
D.Person
A case definition during an outbreak
investigation should specify: outbreak should specify clinical criteria as well as appropriate time, place, and
person characteristics.
The case definition should NOT include the hypothesized exposure of interest -
may not be true. can result in missed cases.
Previously undetected or unknown infectious agents
Known agents that have spread to new geographic locations or new populations
causes of emerging infectious diseases Previously known agents whose role in specific diseases has previously gone
unrecognized
Re-emergence of agents whose incidence of disease had significantly declined in
the past, but whose incidence of disease has reappeared
as the evolution of pathogens over time as t he result of human behavior and
practices (rural to urban shift, international air travel, poverty, wars, destructive
ecological changes).
MUST have BOTH:
- Infectious agent has to be introduced into a vulnerable population
other causes of emerging infectious - Agent has to have the ability to spread readily from person-to-person and cause
diseases disease.
- zoonoses - animal to human
-antimicrobial resistance s re-emergence of diseases
-climate change - new diseases in new geographic areas
- anti-infective therapy
- chemoprophylaxis - antibiotics/antivirals post exposure or pre exposure
- vaccination
Infectious prevention for nurses
-surveillance
-standard precautions and isolation
-PPE
-hand hygiene
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Science Medicine Public Health
NUR 480
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Teacher20 terms 14 terms 17 terms
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Terms in this set (54)
1. prepare for field work
2.establish the existence of an outbreak
3.verify the diagnosis
4. construct/define working case definition
5. perform descriptive epidemiology
6.develop hypotheses
Steps of an Outbreak Investigation
7. evaluate hypotheses
8.reconsider/refine, re-evaluate hypothesis
9. compare and reconcile with lab and/or environmental studies
10. implement control and prevention measures
11. initiate or maintain surveillance
12. communicate findings
standard set of criteria for classifying if they have the health condition of interest.
Step 4: case definition
Includes symptoms anddd setting of outbreak, investigation, restrictions by time,
place, and person.
epi curve - mode of spread, period of exposure.
Step 6: descriptive epidemiology
infection over time
notifiable disease is one for which regular, frequent, and timely information
regarding individual cases is considered necessary for the prevention and control
of the disease
Must report to local or regional health departments, state, and CDC.
Step 13: communicate findings
Report weekly in MMWR
State health departments responsible for monitoring and controlling diseases
within states.
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, 4/11/25, 8:42 NUR 480 Flashcards |
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A.Receiving calls from affected residents
Which are the most common ways that B.Receiving calls from healthcare providers
a local health department uncovers
outbreaks? Most outbreaks come to the attention of health authorities because an alert
clinician or a concerned case-patient (or parent of a case-patient) calls
A.The nature of the disease
B.The number of cases
C.Resources available
D.Health department's traditional attitude toward conducting field investigations
Factors that influence a health
department's decision whether or not to
Factors influencing a health department's decision to conduct a field investigation
conduct a field investigation in
include some related to the health problem itself (e.g., severity of illness, number
response to one or more cases of
of cases, availability of prevention / control measures), some relate to the health
disease include
department (e.g., "corporate culture" for conducting field investigations versus
handling it by telephone, available staff and resources), and some relate to
external concerns (e.g., public or political pressure).
A.Clinical features
B.Time
C.Place
D.Person
A case definition during an outbreak
investigation should specify: outbreak should specify clinical criteria as well as appropriate time, place, and
person characteristics.
The case definition should NOT include the hypothesized exposure of interest -
may not be true. can result in missed cases.
Previously undetected or unknown infectious agents
Known agents that have spread to new geographic locations or new populations
causes of emerging infectious diseases Previously known agents whose role in specific diseases has previously gone
unrecognized
Re-emergence of agents whose incidence of disease had significantly declined in
the past, but whose incidence of disease has reappeared
as the evolution of pathogens over time as t he result of human behavior and
practices (rural to urban shift, international air travel, poverty, wars, destructive
ecological changes).
MUST have BOTH:
- Infectious agent has to be introduced into a vulnerable population
other causes of emerging infectious - Agent has to have the ability to spread readily from person-to-person and cause
diseases disease.
- zoonoses - animal to human
-antimicrobial resistance s re-emergence of diseases
-climate change - new diseases in new geographic areas
- anti-infective therapy
- chemoprophylaxis - antibiotics/antivirals post exposure or pre exposure
- vaccination
Infectious prevention for nurses
-surveillance
-standard precautions and isolation
-PPE
-hand hygiene
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