OUTBREAK 101
2 or more confirmed cases at one location within applicable timeframe of incubation for specific disease/condition
What is an outbreak?
VPD stands for _______ .
What is Vaccine Preventable Disease(s)?
This monitoring type is used for congregate living settings who may conduct monitoring via facility POC.
What is self-delegated monitoring?
All events whom were present at the facility during the period in question regardless of outbreak status should be linked to this.
What is an exposure site?
This is the type of task all OMU investigations should be labeled as in HEDSS.
Scenario: A shelter has reported a number of 27 positive cases of COVID-19 that has occurred within the last week. However, there is not any indication of confirmed PCR tests. This is an example of ________.
What is an unusual expression of disease?
This administrative question should always be answered as yes or no.
What is 'Is this case associated with an outbreak?'
A monitoring type when OMU staff conduct individual monitoring of an event.
What is active monitoring?
The date identified within an outbreak module name is known as what date?
What is the date the outbreak was identified/confirmed?
All outbreak investigations should be set to this priority.
What is high?
Outbreak modules should be left open for the duration of the _____ .
What is incubation period?
Scenario: The event being investigated has been identified as a person who is a resident at a skilled nursing facility. Which packages in HEDSS should this be documented?
What is demographic? What is risk history?
During the monitoring period, the PUM status should always be identified as ___________ .
What is ongoing monitoring?
What is an outbreak module?
Scenario: You have completed your outbreak investigation in HEDSS. Now, you must complete your initial task and create a new task to your _____ for ________.
What is supervisor? What is QA Review?
Final outbreak disposition date = _______
What is the outbreak closure date?
Aside from any additional supplemental information regarding the facility or case, the HEDSS dashboard should include the case received date, onset date and/or test date, isolation information, symptoms (if applicable), vaccination status and _____________ .
What is full facility name?
In the event in which the patient has had contact with one or more persons who either have/had the disease or have been exposed to a point source of infection OR transmission of the agent by the usual modes of transmission is plausible, they should be ________ in HEDSS.
What is Epi-linked?