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WorksheetsManaging and Outbreak
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 6mins
Define the term "outbreak".
More cases of a disease than what you would normally expect to see.
An aggregation of cases grouped in a place greater than what is expected.
An epidemic of an infectious disease which spread across a large region.
Why is surveillance important?
Choose all that apply.
For baseline data.
For better management of diseases.
To observe patterns and trends.
To help develop a plan of control.
What are the steps in controlling an outbreak?
Choose all that apply.
Confirm the out break
Describe the outbreak.
Determine the cause of the outbreak.
Control the outbreak.
A case definition is a set of standard criteria that are used to classify that a person has a particular disease?
True
False
Who is considered a probable case of bacterial meningitis?
A person with a confirmatory lab test.
A person with temperature more than 38.5 degrees celcius, together with neck stiffness, altered consciousness and a petechial or pupuric skin rash.
A suspected case with turbid cerebrospinal fluid linked to a confirmed case
How is bacterial meningitis spread?
Through direct contact with blood.
Through contact with respiratory and throat secretions.
It is sexually transmitted.
None of the above.
There are 4 levels of responsibilities and channels of communication within our organizational structure.
True
False
What are the responsibilities of level 1 in the management of bacterial meningitis?
Specimen collection and case searches.
Mass immunization and environmental monitoring.
Community mobilization and specimen collection.
Reporting probable cases to level 2 and obtainining relevant information to trace household and other contacts of the case.
