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1
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what are the first ive steps?

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  1. prepare for fieldwork
  2. confirm existence of outbreak
  3. confirm the diagnosis
  4. define and identify cases
  5. describe and orient the data
2
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step 1?

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prepare for fieldwork

3
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4 aspects of preparing for fieldwork

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understand epidemiological factors
decide on the team
organise supplies
organise logistics

4
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epidemiological factors include

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risk factors, past outbreaks

5
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team includes

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front line people, behind the scenes people (including data analysers)

6
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supplies could include

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lab, PPE, phone, computer

7
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logistics could include

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communication, money, immunisation, transport

8
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step two

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confirm the existence of an outbreak

9
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again an outbreak means

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increase in normal levels of disease

10
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what is the way that we verify existence?

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identifying cases
monitoring cases (surveillance)
11
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3 types of surveillance

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active
passive
sentinel/targetted

12
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define: passive surveillance

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waiting for diseased people to access health service

13
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define: active surveillence

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testing everyon

14
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define: sentinel/targetted surveillance

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finding people in contact with disease and testing them, and so on

15
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could increase in cases be due to regions other than pathogenicity

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yes

16
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doctor factors leading to “increase” in cases?

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new staff in a department
having performance initiatives
increase doctor awareness

17
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patient factors?

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them being more aware of disease, hence presenting to doctors more

18
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systemic and test factors?

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change in surveillance and reporting procedures
new case definition
new diagnosis method
false positives

19
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step 3?

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confirm the diagnosis

20
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step 4?

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define and identify cases

21
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what does a case definition include? factor one

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clinical features, lab results, person/time/place

22
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what does a case definition include? factor two

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levels of the disease - confirmed, probable, possible

23
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define: confirmed, probable, possible

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confirmed: lab results
probable: has symptoms but not lab results
possible

24
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describe what case finding involves

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looking for people at risk of developing disease

and preventing them from developing disease

25
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step 5?

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describe and orient the data

26
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common point source outbreak: describe and graph?

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everyone is exposed at once.

so graph looks like a peak

27
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continuous extended source outbreak: describe and graph?

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exposure exists for a long time. so graph has a plateau

28
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propagated/progressive outbreak: describe and graph.

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one group is exposed and infected, they in turn infect more people and so on. grpah looks like a wave