Exam 5: Information Technology in Public Health

Information technology can help infection control practitioners in the task of __________________.

_____________________________________ is a staph infection resistant to many antibiotics.It appeared in Europe in the 1960s,which coincides with the first widespread use of antibiotics.A recent study "confirm[s] that the evolution of resistant strains and their spread are primarily driven by antibiotic use." (Use the abbreviation in your answer)

Computers can create what-if scenarios or ________________ of what would happen to an infectious disease if something else happened (e.g. ,if air travel increased/decreased or the temperature rose or fell;if there was an adequate supply of antiviral drugs,if a vaccine existed or did not exist).

Public health is affected by social factors such as poverty and social __________________.

______________________ surveillance can be used for example in shelters where there are no medical personnel;people can look out for signs and symptoms (for instance diarrhea)and report them.

Hurricane __________________ flooded New Orleans both because it was a "monster hurricane" and because the levees failed.

____________________ attacks the immune system,leading to susceptibility to opportunistic infection.

A/An _______________ is a global outbreak of disease to which every individual in the world is susceptible.

A program called _____________ is used to model flu.

_____________________ models are the programs that create the simulations.

_________ (a deadly bacterium resistant to antibiotics)can cause pneumonia,bloodstream infections,and infections in wounds and surgical sites.It appears in hospitals and other health care settings.(Use the abbreviation in your answer)

_________________________ informatics integrates "health-related data on all levels,such as molecule,cell,tissue,organ,people and the entire population."

In the early twentieth century,epidemic ____________________ struck in New York for the first time.

On April 20,2010,an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 human beings.Among the first effects was the spill of tens of thousands of barrels of ______ a day into the Gulf effectively polluting the water,damaging the shoreline,and killing wildlife.

______________________________ is a microbiology information system developed at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts.It is used to monitor antibacterial resistance.

One concrete step to slow global warming (climate change)is cutting emissions of _____.

____________________ uses "health-related data that precede diagnosis and signal a sufficient probability of a case or an outbreak."

The ________________________________ (part of the Public Health Information Network)will promote "integrated surveillance systems that can transfer ...public health,laboratory and clinical data ...over the Internet." This would be a national electronic surveillance system.

___________________ is already having a devastating effect on the earth and is affecting agricultural production in some places.

________________ is a microbiology information system developed at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts.