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W on H u ntess you need to edit it's safer to stay in Protected View Enable Editing Case Study: Possible Measles Outbreak Background It is Tuesday, January 5th and you are an employee at a local California health department. You are notified by the infection control nurse at the local community hospital that a patient at the hospital has been diagnosed with possible measles. "The nurse tells you that the patient is all year old female from India. She started with a rash on Dec 28th that started on her face and progressed to cover most of her body She was admitted that evening, and is still hospitalized Question 1: What questions do you have for the nurse? Suggested answer: During this initial phone call, you should try to gather as much information as possible. You want to ask questions about the patient including: 1) Clinical information about the patient (eg. signs and symptoms, dares of onset, vaccination history, current health status of patient, whether patient is in airborne isolation room, pregnancy status of patient, records from Jan 20 visit, etc); 2) Laboratory tests and results 3) Exposure information (eg possible sources of measles exposure, travel history) 4) Demographics (e.g. name, date of birth, address, occupation); and 5) Contacts (e.g. others who may be exposed, assuming patient has measles; includes where the patient has been that could account for exposure). Pulse ТЕ В т ү о т о р . 0 F G H J K L

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Answer: Clinical information about the patient, contacts.

The clinical information of the patient will reveals about the health status, her visit to hospital, mental health conditions etc. This will enable healthcare professional to provide better treatment to the patient. This will also reveals information about the vaccination as well as the exposure of the patient.

The contacts through which the patient might had measles, will provide information about those particular people who might suffer from measles. And from the person this disease has been transmitted.