Outbreak Management in Long-Term Care Facilities

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  1. 2. Start your line list -- ---- -- you identify a resident with symptoms of a viral respiratory infection.
  2. 3. Immediately place symptomatic resident on ------- --- ------- Precautions.
  3. 4. Respiratory surveillance system is designed for early ------------- of increased respiratory pathogen activity and ongoing monitoring throughout the respiratory season.
  4. 9. continue Active Screening of asymptomatic roommates twice per day until symptomatic roommate is off ----------
  5. 10. Respiratory Disease ------------ is a pillar of public health surveillance
  6. 14. May or may not be present in people under the age of 5over the age of 65 who have infleunza like illness
  7. 15. Influenza like illness(ILI) case ---------- is the acute onset of Acute onset of respiratory illness with fever and cough and with one or more of the following sore throat, arthralgia, myalgia or prostration which is likely due to influenza
  8. 16. Line list is an important -------- tool that contains key information about resident outbreak cases.
  9. 17. Respiratory Infection Outbreak in LTCF : Two individuals with new onset respiratory symptoms, epidemiologically linked within the LTCF, in a 72-hour period. OR One laboratory confirmed case of a known respiratory pathogen in a resident with or without a second symptomatic resident
  10. 19. Two or more resident cases -------- in a Lab Confirmed Influenza Outbreak cases of ILI (influenza-like illness), where at least one is a laboratory confirmed case of influenza, within the LTCF in a 7-day period
  11. 20. Resident contacts will not be treated differently according to ----------- status.
  12. 21. Roommates of a symptomatic resident are considered ------- due to prolonged shared environment.
  13. 22. Lab Confirmed COVID-19 Outbreak: two or more laboratory-confirmed resident cases, AND at least one is a facility acquired case, with all cases ------------ linked within the LTCF in a 10-day period
  14. 23. is defined as joint pain
  15. 24. is defined as muscle pain
  16. 25. Do not ----- any of the earlier cases from a line list
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  1. 1. a state of extreme physical or mental exhaustion and weakness, where a person is unable to move or stand
  2. 5. resident contacts should avoid group activities for 72 hours after initial exposure.
  3. 6. an ------------ roommate does not require isolation or precautions, c
  4. 7. Symptoms maybe present in children under the age of 5, who have influenza like illness
  5. 8. Public health surveillance is defined as the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and ---------- of health-related data essential to planning, implementation and evaluation of public health practice.
  6. 11. Make sure you --- any new cases daily to the line list
  7. 12. An extensive network of public health partners is involved in the surveillance and ---------- of respiratory pathogens in Nova Scotia each year.
  8. 13. Each Row of a line list represents a ---- and documents relevant dates, demographic information, resident room, resident symptoms, and testing information.
  9. 18. When LTCF staff notice that a resident has a change from their baseline health status that may be the result of a ---------- -----, isolation precautions and testing should be promptly initiated, with ongoing symptom monitoring documented at least once daily while ill.