L35 Flashcards
(17 cards)
What are the five stages of an infectious disease
Incubation (no signs)
prodromal (vague symptoms)
illness (sever symptoms)
Decline (declining symptoms)
convalescence (no signs)
What is the most infectious stage?
Illness stage
What is the chain of infections?
6 components which must be present for an infection to spread from one person to another
What are the 6 components of the chain of infection?
Cows Roam Endlessly Through Energetic Pastures
What is Causative agents? (Cows) And how to break the chain
Pathogenic organisms
eg Virus bacteria parasite
Rapid detection and treatments
What is Reservoir/ source (Roam) And how to break the chain
Humans, objects, food
Hygiene, Disinfection
What is means of Exit out of body (Endlessly) And how to break the chain
Excretions, droplets
Cover, Waste removal
Mode of Transmission (Through) And how to break the chain
Contact, airborne
Airflow control, Spacing
Portal of Entry into body (Energetic) And how to break the chain
Respiratory, mucous, skin
Wound care
Person and risk (Pastures)
Young/elder. Immunocomprimised
Vaccination
What is mortality?
Incidence of death in a population
What is morbidity
incidence of disease, including fatal and non fatal
What is incidence?
Number of new cases of disease in a period of time
What is prevalence
Total number of new and existing cases in a population at a given time
What is endemic?
Present disease in a particular location
What is sporadic?
Disease which occurs infrequently
What is epidemic?
Sudden increase of number of cases of a disease
