Chapter 2, Problem 4RQ

Which of the following is true?   Question  options: A) Standard precautions only need to be followed for patients with communicable diseases. B) Every body fluid must be considered infectious. C) Urine and vomit are infectious materials.

“T-lymphocytes are the most important arm of the immune response in protecting the community against virus infection.” Do you agree with this statement? Explain your reasoning in detail

Fill in the blanks: Health care workers apply __________precautions when treating any patient, and additional___________ precautions when treating patients with highlycommunicable diseases. __________ is used for individuals whohave likely been exposed to a highly communicable disease.

Often contagious patients arrive in medical imaging with a mask over their nose and mouth . Explain the intent of this strategy as it relates to the six step process of infectious disease establishment

List 7 factors that would put a particular patient at a higher risk of contracting a nosocomial infection?  For each factor, explain why this group is at a higher risk.  If the reason is a drug, be sure to explain why the drug puts the person at a higher risk.

The fifth key recommendation on tracking infectious disease in a warming world seeks to make the science accessible to more individuals. Why is this important? What do we need to do to meet this recommendation? Give examples.

RISK MANAGEMENT Which of the following DOES NOT INCLUDE potential risk management and patient safety consequences of healthcare-acquired infections?   A. notification of the hospital roommate regarding reportable diseases   B. noncompliance with the joint commission National Patient Safety Codes   C. litigation related to noncompliance with infection control policies and procedures   D. potential sentinel event related to a healthcare-acquired infection

Explain the concept of 'infection control' in a healthcare setting.

Select all of the following that applies to the tradeoff between transmission and virulence that applies to many diseases.    a) The tradeoff between transmission and virulence means that diseases always evolve to become more virulent.        b) If greater virulence limits transmission, that disease will likely evolve to become less virulent than it could be.         c) While making more copies of itself can increase the likelihood of transmission occurring, too much replication of the disease can make the host so sick it won't leave the house and spread the disease.        d) A strain of a disease that replicates enough to be transmitted, but not so much that the host gets too sick to move, will be favored by natural selection over strains that either make the host too sick or do not replicate enough to be transmitted.        e) If a disease can spread without making its host sick (e.g. when the host is asymptomatic), then the tradeoff between transmission and virulence…