There is a SARS outbreak in your community. You are responsible for the dissemination of the education plan adopted by your Public Health Department. Key components of the plan will include which of the following? (select all that apply)
A) Strict isolation in a hospital setting for all cases
B) Respiratory hygiene
C) Hand hygiene
D) Rapid transmission of the disease
E) Contact precautions for all cases
Question 2
Mrs. Smith, age 80, is treated for chronic urinary tract infections. She calls the physician whenever she has burning in her urine, and often refuses to culture her urine. She received multiple antibiotics in the past 6 months.
The physician orders a urine culture. The results of the urine culture are as follows: Staph aureus >100,000 colonies; resistant to bactrim, penicillin, methicillin, and erythromycin. Mrs. Smith is diagnosed with MRSA in her urine. Based on the client's history, a cause of the MRSA might be
A) microbial rejection.
B) microbial assimilation.
C) microbial adaptation.
D) microbial stagnation.
A biofilm composed of a community of microorganisms glued by mucilage to a surface.
COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT
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Outbreak of E. coli O157: H7 in 2006 that was traced to bagged prewashed spinach
Natural community in the antelope Valley
Hydrothermal Vent Community