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What is the most important finding in the patient diagnosed with meningitis?
Who would be required to wear a mask when transferring a patient for an X-ray examination?
Which activity for the elderly bedridden patient would require precaution under standard precautions?
What isolation precaution should the nurse initiate for the 8-month-old child diagnosed with bronchiolitis due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
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What disease would an HIV patient be at risk for?
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What is the interval from the onset of nonspecific signs and symptoms to more specific symptoms called?
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What is the most important element when applying precautions to break the chain of infection at the portal of entry?
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What is an unexpected increase in the number of disease cases in a specific geographical area called?
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What type of infection is developed at least 48 hours after admission?
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What is the period when acute symptoms disappear and the body tries to return to normal called?
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What are examples of personal protective equipment for infection control?
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What is a disease that is consistently present but limited to a particular region called?
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What is the stage when symptoms specific to a disease are present?
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What is the interval from initial contact with the infectious agent to the appearance of the first symptoms called?
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What are prime examples of epidemics?
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What is the incubation period of rubella?
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Which disease requires negative pressure rooms and N95 masks for precautions?
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What precautions are necessary for diseases like MRSA and Ebola?
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Which disease is transmitted through the air and transplacentally?
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What is the incubation period of chickenpox?
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Which disease requires positive pressure rooms for precautions?
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What precautions are needed for a patient with streptococcal meningitis?
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What is the first diagnostic intervention for signs of meningitis?
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Which disease has an incubation period of 2 to 5 days?
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What precautions are needed for diseases like tuberculosis and corona?
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Study Notes
Infectious Disease Precautions and Control Measures
- Standard isolation precautions include considering all body fluids as infectious and using reverse isolation for immunocompromised individuals.
- Airborne precautions are needed for germs like tuberculosis and corona, requiring negative pressure rooms and N95 masks.
- Contact precautions are necessary for diseases like MRSA and Ebola, requiring gowns, gloves, and hand hygiene.
- Droplet precautions are used for diseases like influenza and mumps, requiring surgical masks and positive pressure rooms.
- Measles has an incubation period of 10 to 20 days and is transmitted through the air and transplacentally.
- Rubella has an incubation period of 14 to 21 days and is transmitted through droplets, with symptoms including a pinkish red rash and petechiae.
- Chickenpox, caused by varicella-zoster, has an incubation period of 13 to 17 days and is transmitted airborne, requiring isolation until vesicles have dried.
- Diphtheria has an incubation period of 2 to 5 days and is transmitted through droplets, with symptoms including neck rigidity and positive Kernig sign.
- Diagnostic tests for infectious diseases include lumbar puncture and identifying the type of epidemic (A. Epidemic B. Pandemic C. Endemic).
- In tuberculosis treatment, a 8-year-old man should wear a face mask, and a nurse should use the correct sequence for putting on and removing personal protective equipment.
- The nurse should observe droplet precautions for a patient with streptococcal meningitis and implement droplet precautions for a patient with meningococcal infection.
- Signs of meningitis include positive Brudzinski's sign, absence of nuchal rigidity, and a Glasgow Coma Scale of 14 points. The first diagnostic intervention is a lumbar puncture with CSF aspiration.
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Test your knowledge of infectious disease precautions and control measures with this quiz. Explore standard isolation precautions, airborne, contact, and droplet precautions, along with specific details about diseases like measles, rubella, and chickenpox. Diagnostic tests and interventions for infectious diseases are also covered in this quiz.
