Author Question: The United States has one of the safest public water supplies in the world. Using your knowledge of ... (Read 87 times)

cnetterville · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The United States has one of the safest public water supplies in the world. Using your knowledge of criteria that must be met to define a drinking water associated disease outbreak, what is one of the criteria?

1. Two or more people with laboratory-confirmed primary amebic meningoencephalitis .
2. Two or more people cases of chemical poisoning if water quality data indicate contamination by the chemical.
3. Two or more people must have experienced a similar illness after exposure to water.
4. Epidemiologic evidence must implicate drinking water as the probable source of the illness.
A) 1, 2
B) 1, 4
C) 2, 3
D) 3, 4

Question 2

The patient is telling the nurse about the wonderful soft cheese and smoked seafood that was at the family gathering. The patient complained of becoming ill a few days later with diarrhea and flu like symptoms.

Using your knowledge of foodborne bacteria, what should the nurse suspect that this patient might have?
A) Campylobacter
B) Listeria monocytogenes
C) Salmonella
D) E. coli O157:H7