EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PREVENTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Course overview

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES ARE ILLNESSES CAUSED BY VIRUSES OR BACTERIA THAT PEOPLE SPREAD TO ONE ANOTHER THROUGH CONTACT WITH CONTAMINATED SURFACES, BODILY FLUIDS, BLOOD PRODUCTS, INSECT BITES, OR THROUGH THE AIR. THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, SOME OF WHICH REQUIRE REPORTING TO APPROPRIATE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS OR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN THE LOCALITY OF THE OUTBREAK. SOME EXAMPLES OF THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE INCLUDE HIV, HEPATITIS A, B AND C, MEASLES, SALMONELLA, MEASLES, AND BLOOD-BORNE ILLNESSES. MOST COMMON FORMS OF SPREAD INCLUDE FECAL-ORAL, FOOD, SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, INSECT BITES, CONTACT WITH CONTAMINATED FOMITES, DROPLETS, OR SKIN CONTACT. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND DISCUSSES THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN PREVENTING COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND EDUCATING PATIENTS ON TECHNIQUES TO AVOID THE TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.