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colleen colleen
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11 years ago
Considering the risk of biological threat infections, healthcare providers need to be alert to illness patterns that could indicate an unusual infectious disease process. Which of the following would indicate a possible biological infection?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Patients present with symptoms of a rare disease.
2. The disease pattern is inconsistent with the age of the patient.
3. Multiple patients presenting with viral like symptoms.
4. Patients are all coming from the same geographic area.
5. Patients are all over the age of 39, indicating a smallpox exposure.
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11 years ago
1,2,4 -- Healthcare providers should be alert to illness patterns that could indicate an unusual infectious disease outbreak. Indicators of a biological agent release include increased disease incidence among people in the same geographical area (e.g. people who attended the same event); the disease pattern is inconsistent with patient age, such as chickenpox among adults; and a patient presents with symptoms of a rare disease. In these cases, the nurse should notify her chain of command to include the infectious disease nurse.
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