Foundations of Nursing in the Community 4th Edition by Marcia Stanhope,Jeanette Lancaster

Exercise 1

An infection preventionist (IP) at a local hospital contacted the nurse epidemiologist at the local health department to report that the hospital had received three laboratory reports of Acinetobacter baumannii infection from inmates at the local jail. The IP states that the jail typically sends all of their laboratory specimens to them for processing. The IP stated that the specimens were obtained from wounds and collected within a 2-month period.
The nurse epidemiologist suspects an outbreak and launches an investigation because the situation is:
A. An unusual problem
B. There is a potential risk to the public
C. There is a casual pathway
D. All the above