Powerpoint Document What is Your Responsibility?
... • Benefits: Confers immunity to Hepatitis B disease. Offered free of charge to employees with occupational risk of exposure to blood. • Declination of Vaccine: Identified at risk employees must sign a form if they do not wish to have the Hepatitis B vaccine. ...
... • Benefits: Confers immunity to Hepatitis B disease. Offered free of charge to employees with occupational risk of exposure to blood. • Declination of Vaccine: Identified at risk employees must sign a form if they do not wish to have the Hepatitis B vaccine. ...
MMR - Measles, Mumps & Rubella
... • Forchheimer sign (an enanthem observed in 20% of patients with rubella during the prodromal period; can be present in some patients during the initial phase of the exanthem; consists of pinpoint or larger petechiae that usually occur on the soft palate) ...
... • Forchheimer sign (an enanthem observed in 20% of patients with rubella during the prodromal period; can be present in some patients during the initial phase of the exanthem; consists of pinpoint or larger petechiae that usually occur on the soft palate) ...
Viruses - mrvigs122
... The polio vaccines developed by Jonas Salk in 1952 and Albert Sabin in 1962 are credited with reducing the global number of polio cases per year from many hundreds of thousands to around a thousand ...
... The polio vaccines developed by Jonas Salk in 1952 and Albert Sabin in 1962 are credited with reducing the global number of polio cases per year from many hundreds of thousands to around a thousand ...
Nkemka Esiobu
... the illness after clinical onset (3). Prevalence and Risk Factors Each year over 55,000 people die as a result of rabies virus (4). Yearly, there are over 14 million courses of postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) taken around the world for potential rabies cases due to dog bites, the most common mode of ...
... the illness after clinical onset (3). Prevalence and Risk Factors Each year over 55,000 people die as a result of rabies virus (4). Yearly, there are over 14 million courses of postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) taken around the world for potential rabies cases due to dog bites, the most common mode of ...
Page 1 of 6 EBBA-R - PREVENTION OF DISEASE/INFECTION
... All blood and other body fluids should be considered as potentially infections because of their ability to cause disease in humans. No distinction may be made between blood and other body fluids from individuals with a known disease or infection and from those individuals who are asymptomatic undiag ...
... All blood and other body fluids should be considered as potentially infections because of their ability to cause disease in humans. No distinction may be made between blood and other body fluids from individuals with a known disease or infection and from those individuals who are asymptomatic undiag ...
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
... Protect yourself and your colleagues at the workplace The risk of Ebola transmission at workplaces where there is no direct contact with infected people (or animals) or their body fluids is low. But even one case of EVD could have serious consequences. You can do a lot to prevent EVD and protect you ...
... Protect yourself and your colleagues at the workplace The risk of Ebola transmission at workplaces where there is no direct contact with infected people (or animals) or their body fluids is low. But even one case of EVD could have serious consequences. You can do a lot to prevent EVD and protect you ...
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
... adults are sometimes affected. Adults and older children with HFMD tend to develop a milder form of the illness compared with younger children. Like many viral infections, the illness often starts with a feeling of being unwell for a day or so. This might include a high temperature (fever). After th ...
... adults are sometimes affected. Adults and older children with HFMD tend to develop a milder form of the illness compared with younger children. Like many viral infections, the illness often starts with a feeling of being unwell for a day or so. This might include a high temperature (fever). After th ...
64. Age and the likelihood of persistence in FMDV infected cattle
... Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a severe vesicular disease of cloven-hoofed animals and pigs and has a reputation for rapid and extensive transboundary spread and severe economic consequences for the countries affected (Coetzer et al., 1994). The virus that causes FMD belongs to the Aphthovirus genu ...
... Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a severe vesicular disease of cloven-hoofed animals and pigs and has a reputation for rapid and extensive transboundary spread and severe economic consequences for the countries affected (Coetzer et al., 1994). The virus that causes FMD belongs to the Aphthovirus genu ...
psittacosis - Pet Health Council
... The organism is shed in the nasal secretions and in the stool from infected birds, recovering birds and carriers. Once outside the body, the organism can live for a long period of time, drying in dust that infects the susceptible hosts as they breathe. Faecal and oral contaminations are especially s ...
... The organism is shed in the nasal secretions and in the stool from infected birds, recovering birds and carriers. Once outside the body, the organism can live for a long period of time, drying in dust that infects the susceptible hosts as they breathe. Faecal and oral contaminations are especially s ...
Infectious Bronchitis Virus: Classical and Variant Strains1
... With dozens of IBV strains having been identified around the world, choosing appropriate strains for vaccination may seem a daunting task. The immune response produced to one strain, however, often shows a signficant degree of cross protection to heterologous challenge. Cross protection has been de ...
... With dozens of IBV strains having been identified around the world, choosing appropriate strains for vaccination may seem a daunting task. The immune response produced to one strain, however, often shows a signficant degree of cross protection to heterologous challenge. Cross protection has been de ...
Hematologic Infections
... syndrome, since the majority of cognoscenti now believe that EBV is not responsible for this condition. The most commonly diagnosed EBVcaused condition is infectious mononucleosis. 1. Infectious mononucleosis is classically an acute viral infection characterized by severe pharyngitis, prostration, l ...
... syndrome, since the majority of cognoscenti now believe that EBV is not responsible for this condition. The most commonly diagnosed EBVcaused condition is infectious mononucleosis. 1. Infectious mononucleosis is classically an acute viral infection characterized by severe pharyngitis, prostration, l ...
Measures on the preparation for and prevention of AI
... The surveillance program for monitoring the HPAI virus has been undertaken in this country since 1998. The monitoring sites are at the places such as swamps or debouchments of rivers or streams where migratory birds rest frequently. The surveillance program also includes testing samples from pet bir ...
... The surveillance program for monitoring the HPAI virus has been undertaken in this country since 1998. The monitoring sites are at the places such as swamps or debouchments of rivers or streams where migratory birds rest frequently. The surveillance program also includes testing samples from pet bir ...
Document
... This can occur after primary or secondary TB , along the following routes : Tracheobronchial tree & lymphatics Tuberculous bronchopneumonia OR Miliary pulmonary disease. Pleural involvement leads to effusion, empyema or obliterative fibrous pleuritis Spread through trachea to larynx leads to Lar ...
... This can occur after primary or secondary TB , along the following routes : Tracheobronchial tree & lymphatics Tuberculous bronchopneumonia OR Miliary pulmonary disease. Pleural involvement leads to effusion, empyema or obliterative fibrous pleuritis Spread through trachea to larynx leads to Lar ...
Get-tested-for-Hepatitis-and-HIV
... Injecting or snorting drugs currently or in the past (including anabolic steroid use), sharing injecting/snorting equipment however long ago even if it was only on 1 occasion. ...
... Injecting or snorting drugs currently or in the past (including anabolic steroid use), sharing injecting/snorting equipment however long ago even if it was only on 1 occasion. ...
Chapter 27 Nervous System Infections
... membrane and multiply. They are then taken in by the respiratory tract epithelial cells, pass through them, and invade the bloodstream. The blood carries the organisms to the meninges and cerebral spinal fluid. ...
... membrane and multiply. They are then taken in by the respiratory tract epithelial cells, pass through them, and invade the bloodstream. The blood carries the organisms to the meninges and cerebral spinal fluid. ...
Filariae
... asymptomatic microfilaremia, acute episodic adenolymphangitis (also called filarial fever), and chronic lymphatic obstruction. Asymptomatic microfilaremia is the most common outcome of Wuchereria and Brugia infections. There is, however, almost uniform underlying lymphatic damage and impaired lympha ...
... asymptomatic microfilaremia, acute episodic adenolymphangitis (also called filarial fever), and chronic lymphatic obstruction. Asymptomatic microfilaremia is the most common outcome of Wuchereria and Brugia infections. There is, however, almost uniform underlying lymphatic damage and impaired lympha ...
Diagnostic tests
... demonstration of seroconversion or a 4-fold increase in titre in paired sera provides proof of recent infection. A high antibody titre in a single sample may also be significant. Ideally, serum should be removed from the clotted blood samples within 24 hours to avoid haemolysis. The SNT is a slow (~ ...
... demonstration of seroconversion or a 4-fold increase in titre in paired sera provides proof of recent infection. A high antibody titre in a single sample may also be significant. Ideally, serum should be removed from the clotted blood samples within 24 hours to avoid haemolysis. The SNT is a slow (~ ...
Freeman 1e: How we got there
... • Viruses can replicate only in certain types of cells or in whole organisms. Bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) have proved useful as model systems because the host cells are easy to grow and manipulate in culture. Many animal and plant viruses also can be grown in cultured cells. ...
... • Viruses can replicate only in certain types of cells or in whole organisms. Bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) have proved useful as model systems because the host cells are easy to grow and manipulate in culture. Many animal and plant viruses also can be grown in cultured cells. ...
blood bourne pathogen - Mendham Borough School
... • Occurs most frequently from needles and unprotected sex. • At work, the diseases are spread by blood entering your body through cuts, punctures, or splashing that enter the mucous membranes of the eyes or mouth. • Employees providing first aid or medical care involving fresh blood are at-risk. • B ...
... • Occurs most frequently from needles and unprotected sex. • At work, the diseases are spread by blood entering your body through cuts, punctures, or splashing that enter the mucous membranes of the eyes or mouth. • Employees providing first aid or medical care involving fresh blood are at-risk. • B ...
Where does H5N1 come from?
... • Conventional cooking (temperatures at or above 70°C in all parts of a food item) will inactivate the H5N1 virus. Properly cooked poultry meat is therefore safe to consume. • The H5N1 virus, if present in poultry meat, is not killed by refrigeration or freezing. • Home slaughtering and preparation ...
... • Conventional cooking (temperatures at or above 70°C in all parts of a food item) will inactivate the H5N1 virus. Properly cooked poultry meat is therefore safe to consume. • The H5N1 virus, if present in poultry meat, is not killed by refrigeration or freezing. • Home slaughtering and preparation ...
3U 3.3a Viruses
... cannot grow or reproduce on their own do not produce or use energy do not create waste packages of genetic instructions that can enter and take control of cells (cell eventually makes copies of virus) • Antibiotics do not work against viral infection, only antivirals or vaccines ...
... cannot grow or reproduce on their own do not produce or use energy do not create waste packages of genetic instructions that can enter and take control of cells (cell eventually makes copies of virus) • Antibiotics do not work against viral infection, only antivirals or vaccines ...
truth or myth about ebola
... 1. Ebola virus is airborne, waterborne or spreads through casual contact. - MYTH Ebola is not spread through the air, by water, or in general, by food. However, in Africa, Ebola may be spread as a result of handling bushmeat (In Africa, wild animals are hunted for food) and contact with infected bat ...
... 1. Ebola virus is airborne, waterborne or spreads through casual contact. - MYTH Ebola is not spread through the air, by water, or in general, by food. However, in Africa, Ebola may be spread as a result of handling bushmeat (In Africa, wild animals are hunted for food) and contact with infected bat ...
Medical-Surgical Nursing: An Integrated Approach, 2E Chapter 23
... Found primarily in the lungs, but also reported in the adrenal glands, bone marrow, skin, thyroid, kidneys, and ...
... Found primarily in the lungs, but also reported in the adrenal glands, bone marrow, skin, thyroid, kidneys, and ...
Herpes viruses
... • Interferon is the first line of defense. Then we have the humoral antibody (the neutralizing antibody). Then we have complementmediated lysis of infected cells. The neutralizing antibodies can be secreted with the milk so breastfeeding is very important for infants. • Cell-Mediated (T-lymphocyte) ...
... • Interferon is the first line of defense. Then we have the humoral antibody (the neutralizing antibody). Then we have complementmediated lysis of infected cells. The neutralizing antibodies can be secreted with the milk so breastfeeding is very important for infants. • Cell-Mediated (T-lymphocyte) ...