Notifiable Diseases
PPE
Precautions
Reporting
Aussie Trivia
100
Rabies
(though not in Australia)
100
What does donning and doffing PPE mean?
Putting on and taking off PPE
100
Give 2 examples of standard precautions
Hand washing
Cough etiquette
Repiratiory Hygiene
Wearing PPE
Disposal of Sharps
Disinfection
Waste Management
Reusable Equipment
100
What could happen if a disease is not reported?
•An outbreak of the disease
•Loss of animal's lives and livelihoods
•Introduction of a foreign disease
•Nation-wide economic disaster
100
What is the highest grossing Australian movie
Crocodile Dundee
200
Infects water fowl and can be devesting when infects chickens.
Avian Influenza
200
Why do you wear eye protection?
Protects from
Splashes
Bodily fluids
Radiation
Projectile objects
200
When do you use transmission based precautions?
when working with animals with a known or suspected infectious or zoonotic disease
200
Who do you report to?
Supervisor
Emergency Animal Disease Watch Hotline
DPI or LLS
200
What natural Australian landmark has its own mailbox?
The Great Barrier Reef
300
This species can get from feral pigs, eating raw pig meat and breeding.
Brucellosis
300
Demonstrate the correct way to take off gloves
Using a gloved hand, grasp the palm of the other gloved hand and peel off the first glove.
Hold the removed glove in your gloved hand.
Slide the fingers of the ungloved hand under the remaining glove at the wrist and peel off the second glove over first glove.
Discard the gloves into a waste bin or receptacle.
300
What are the 3 types of transmission based precautions?
droplet precautions
airborne precautions
contact precautions
300
What would be some indicators that you need to report a disease?
•a high mortality (death) or morbidity (a disease state) rate in animals
•an unusual and rapid spread of disease across multiple species
•obvious signs and symptoms of a known notifiable or infectious disease.
300
Why is Canberra the capital city of Australia
Because Sydney and Melbourne couldn’t agree which city would be the capital, so built a new city in between them
400
Transmitted by ticks and has 3 stages.
Once entered the chronic stage will see bleeding from nose or other orifices
Ehrlichiosis
400
Demonstrate or explain how to take off a used mask
Lean over clinical waste bin
Grasp BOTTOM ties or bands of the mask
Than grasp the ties or bands at the TOP of the mask
Remove without touching the face
Dispose into clinical waste bin
400
Name a disease that you can be protected from by using direct contact precautions
Hendra Virus
Lyssa Virus
Bovine Viral Diarrhea (Pestivirus)
400
Name 5 things you would need to report
•Details of the facility, including where the facility is located
•Species of animal or animals that are infected
•Description of the signs and symptoms, and the degree of illness
•What disease is suspected
•Where the animals that are infected are located
•Approximate number of ill or dead animals
•Number of animals at the facility
•Date first symptoms presented
•Have any animals left the facility?
•Has there been any overseas travel by people that have been to the facility?
400
Where is the big gold pan found?
Bathurst
500
Transmitted by mosquitos, imported from Asia and will cause brain swelling.
Had a few cases of this in the media a little while ago
Japanese Encephalitis
500
What make of mask offers the best protection?
N95 Respirator Mask
500
What is the difference between droplet and airborne transmission?
Droplets
mucus or saliva containing the virus is heavier than air and will drop to the ground as soon as expelled
Airborne
droplet particles containing a virus is small enough to float in the air for long periods of time, then settle on surfaces.
500
Name 5 biosecurity measures you would need to take
•Do not move animals (including birds) onto or off the property.
•Isolate (quarantine) suspect animals in well-fenced paddocks, yards, buildings, pens or cages.
•Some diseases are air-borne so keep your stock away from the boundary of the property.
•Avoid the movement of people, vehicles, equipment, manure and soiled litter, and product (e.g. milk and wool) on and off the property – unless otherwise directed.
•If dealing with suspect animals, clean and disinfect afterwards (including any gear or equipment that the animal has had contact with).
•Clean boots, clothes and equipment that has been worn or used at the site to remove contaminated soil, manure and plant material.
500
Where did the FIRST marsupials originate?
The first true marsupial fossil is from Montana (yes, Montana) dating to about 65 million years ago.