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Communicable Disease
Infectious Disease
Produced by invasion of body byBacteriaVirusesFungiOther organisms
Communicable Disease
Infectious disease Transmissible from one infected
organism to another
Transmitted by:
Direct contact Indirect contact Airborne transmission Vehicle transmission (food,
water, needles) Vector transmission (organisms)
Prevention
Maintain good personal health status
Regular physical exams
Prevention
Immunizations for:Tetanus/diphtheriaHepatitis BMeasles, mumps, rubella
TB skin test at least annually
Prevention
Consider immunizations for:InfluenzaHepatitis AChicken pox
Prevention
Wash hands following patient contacts
Wear gloves when contact with human body fluids is anticipated
Wear face mask if patient has productive cough (or put mask on patient)
Prevention
Avoid needle stick (Do NOT recap needles)
Clean up blood spills quickly using bleach solution
Use disposable equipment
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Bacterial infection (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)
Transmitted by droplets Pulmonary TB - cough, infected
sputum, hemoptysis, pleuritic pain)
Tuberculosis
Pulmonary TB Signs/SymptomsCoughInfected sputumHemoptysisPleuritic pain
Tuberculosis
Very low communicability, requires repeated exposure
Mask patients with active TB Routine skin tests; follow-up on
positive reactors
Viral Hepatitis
Hepatitis A
Fecal-oral contact Children, young adults Most infections subclinical or
very mild Does not cause chronic liver
disease or carrier state
Hepatitis B
Parenteral transmission (blood, dirty needles)
Sexual transmission Can cause liver failure, necrotic
cirrhosis Can cause carrier state
Viral Hepatitis
Signs/SymptomsAnorexiaMalaiseNausea, vomitingFeverJoint painDark urine, jaundice
Viral Hepatitis
Vaccine, immune serum globulin available for both A and B
Meningitis
Meningitis
Inflammation of membranes covering brain, spinal cord
Bacteria, viruses, fungi Bacterial forms most serious
Bacterial Meningitis
Signs/SymptomsHeadacheNauseaFeverStiff neckRapid progression to delirium,
coma, seizures
Bacterial Meningitis
Neissera meningitidisPetechiaeEcchymosisSeptic shock
Bacterial Meningitis
Avoid contact with oral secretions Not transmissible by breathing same
air as patient If close contact occurs, Rifampin
600mg bid 2d
HIV/AIDS
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Viral infection Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Damage to helper T cells suppresses immune system
AIDS
Recurring opportunistic infectionsPneumocystis carini pneumoniaKaposi’s sarcomaCandida albicans
HIV/AIDS
Transmitted by blood, semen, vaginal secretions
Contact with tears, saliva, sweat will not cause infection
Cannot be transmitted by casual contact Wash hands, wear gloves, needle
precautions