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LECOM Public Health Dr. Carty Slides

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proportion of people with disease correctly classified at positive (true positives)   TP / (TP + FN)  
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sensitivity   TP / (TP + FN)  
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proportion of well people correctly classified as negative (true negatives)   TN / (FP + TN)  
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specificity   TN / (FP + TN)  
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How can one acquire Salmonella, E. Coli O157, Campylobacter infection, Brucellosis, Q fever, Haverhill fever, Tick-borne encephalitis (when animal infected)?   consuming untreated milk, cream, yogurt, adn curd cheese  
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How can one acquire Q fever, tularemia, plague, anthrax?   unpasteurized bone meal  
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How can one acquire plague, tularemia, rabies?   skinning and butchering wild animals  
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How can one acquire Q fever, Streptococcal skin infection, Brucellosis, Skin infection (Erysipelothrix), Streptococcus suis systemic infections, Anthrax, Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever (from ostriches)?   butchering farm animals  
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How can one acquire Toxoplasmosis, Trichinellosis (from pork), Pork or beef tapeworms, Salmonella, E.Coli O157, Campylobacter infection?   eating undercooked meat  
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How can one acquire leptospirosis?   ingestion or inoculation of animal urine  
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How could one acquire Tick-borne encephalitis, Borreliosis, Arboviral infection, Hantavirus infections?   forestry working in warm climates  
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How would one acquire Brucella melitensis?   unpasteurized goat cheese  
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How would one acquire Brucella suis?   slaughtering pigs  
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How would one acquire Brucella abortus?   raising beef  
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proportion of people who test positive who actually have the disease   positive predictive value  
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positive predictive value   [TP / (TP + FP)]  
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proportion of people who test negative who are actually free of disease   negative predictive value  
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negative predictive value   [TN / (FN + TN)]  
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What do Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis, Botulism (Clostridium botulinum toxin), Plague (Yersinia pestis), Smallpox (variola major), Tularemia (Francisella tularensis), and Viral hemorrhagic fevers have in common   Category A agents  
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Influenza, Community-acquired pneumonias, Urinary tract infection, Meningococcal disease, Sexually transmitted disease   diseases common worldwide  
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Sunburn, Heat exhaustion and heatstroke, Dermatophyte infections, Folliculitis, Cold injury, Altitude sickness   Diseases related to climate and environment  
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Hepatitis A, Hepatitis E, Viral gastroenteritis, Traveler's diarrhea, Bacterial food poisoning, Bacillary dysentery, Amoebiasis, Cryptosporidiosis, Helminth infection, HIV infection, STD, Diphtheria   diseases controllable by public health measures  
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Leptospirosis, Hookworms, Strongyloidiasis, Guinea worms, Liver flukes   diseases associated with contact with mud and water  
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Yellow fever, Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Lassa fever, Marburg fever, Ebola fever, Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever   Viral Hemorrhagic fever  
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Dengue fever, Arboviral encephalitis, Rickettsial infection, Plague, Lyme disease, Malaria, Leishmaniasis, Trypanosomiasis, Filariasis, Onchocerciasis   Diseases with arthropod vector  
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criteria for fever of unknown origin   illness that has lasted 3 weeks, Fever of more than 38.3°C on several occasions, No diagnosis after routine work up for 3 days in hospital or after 3+ outpatient visits  
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HAI   Healthcare Associated infection  
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Dr. Semmelweis advocated   washing hands before birthing a child  
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Women used to die of “ChildBed Fever” aka…   Strep Pyogenes  
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Lister used this to sterilize equipment   carbolic acid  
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CDC estimates HAI’s cost this much per year   30 billion  
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Most common HAI   UTI  
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3 most common SERIOUS HAi illnesses   Surgical site infx, pneumonia, Bacteremia  
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Most common Gram + HAI bugs   Staph aureus, Coag negative Staph, Enterococci sp.  
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Most common Gram – HAI bugs   E. coli, Pseudomonas, Enterobacter sp., Klebsiella  
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C. Diff Stain and 2 virulence factors   Gram + anaerobe, Spore former, Toxin producer  
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C. Dif risk factors   >65 yo, hospitalized and on ABX  
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C.Dif annual cost to healthcare   3.2 billion  
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HAI Factor 1   Antimicrobial use in Hospitals and Longterm Care facilities  
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Factor 1 results   VRE, MRSA, Multi-Drug resistant C. Diff  
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Fact 2   Infection Control  
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How to improve Factor 2   Better surveillance and reporting, better invasive devices, hand washing programs  
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Most Common mode of pathogen transmission   via hands  
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Factor 3: Patients are susceptible because they are   immune-compromised/suppressed  
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NHSN stands for   National Healthcare Safety Network  
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NHSN date organized in these 4 categories   Patient Safety, Healthcare personnel safety, Biovigilance, R&D  
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The Cause   Etiology  
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Number of cases resulting in illness/poor health   Morbidity  
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Number of cases resulting in Dealth   Mortality  
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Occurrence of disease greater than would be expected in a particular place &time (community)   outbreak  
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sudden and widespread outbreak of disease within population, group or specific area   epidemic  
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ongoing process of disease within population. group, or specific area   endemic  
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occurs over large geographic areas, possibly worldwide   pandemic  
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number of new cases of disease or injury in population during a specific time period   incidence  
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TOTAL number of cases of disease or injury in a population at a particular point in time or during a specific time period   prevalence  
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Who collects data to determine outbreaks vs epidemics vs pandemics   local and state health departments then CDC  
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Worldwide Agency that monitors EIDs   WHO  
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2 most important population properties for disease spread   Density and susceptibility  
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Theorys how/why EIDs still exist   World travel, humans encroaching on undeveloped areas, immigration, poor human hygiene, over/mis-use of ABX, population growth  
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SARS: when it started & when reported   Nov. 2002 & Feb. 2003  
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Biggest reason for dissemination   High Speed international travel  
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1 person in a Hong Kong hotel infected how many people   16  
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SARS: causative agent and description   SARSCoV, coronavirus, + ssRNA, Large & Enveloped  
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SARS transmission   respiratory aerosol, infects nasal epithelial cells  
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What stopped SARs?   Quarantine , cooperation, collaboration, travel restrictions  
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Leading cause of death   heart disease then cancer  
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Neo, post neo-, infant high mortality   Other, then congenital then low birth weight  
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Mortality from 1-14yo   unintentional injuries, other, cancer  
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Most decreased cause of 1-14yo mortality from 97-07   Unintentional injuries  
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Mortality 15-24yo   Unintentional injury, homicide, suicide  
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Mortality 25-44yo   Other, unintentional, cancer’  
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Most decreased cause of 25-44yo mortality   Cancer and HIV  
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Mortality 45-64yo   Cancer, other, Heart Disease  
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Most decreased cause of 45-64yo mortality   Cancer and Heart disease  
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Mortality 65+ yo   Heart Disease, Other, Caner  
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Most decreased cause of 65+yo mortality   Heart disease  
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Age group in which cigarette smoking has declined   grade -12  
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Childhood obesity rate   1 in 5  
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Adult obesity rate   1 in 3  
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Adult Obesity and overweight   2 in 3  
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Rates of serum cholesterol from 88-94 and 05-08   Declined  
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Statin use in 45+yo has nearly   increased 10 fold  
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An increase in delay in seeking healthcare due to increased cost for these 2 type of Pts   uninsured & private insurance  
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From 99-09 % of working age adults with private insurance   decreased  
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From 99-09 % of working age adults who were uninsured   increased  
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