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colton · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

What information is shared among agencies when they collaborate to implement a quality sur-veillance system?

a. How to use algorithms to identify which events should be investigated
b. Who is to blame for a disease outbreak
c. What shelters will be used and by whom
d. How political action will be necessary to ensure public health

Question 2

A public health nurse (PHN) is investigating an outbreak of salmonellosis in a community. Which type of surveillance system is being used?

a. Active
b. Passive
c. Sentinel
d. Special

Kdiggy · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Collaboration promotes the development of plans and a directory of emergency responses. How to use algorithms is a key type of information that is shared. Blaming others is not part of collab-oration. Determining what shelters will be used and by whom is not the priority for collaboration. How political action will be necessary to ensure public health is not a priority for collaboration.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
In the active system, a PHN begins to search for cases through contacts in the community. The nurse names the disease and gathers data about existing cases to try to determine the magnitude of the problem. In the passive system, case reports are sent to local health departments by health care providers. In the sentinel system, trends in commonly occurring diseases or key health indi-cators are monitored. Special systems are developed for collecting particular types of data and may be a combination of active, passive, and/or sentinel systems.