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WHAT TYPES OF MER'S DO WE HAVE (I.E. WHAT ARE THE CLASSIFICATIONS)
- SUSPECTED
- PROBABLE
- CONFIRMED
WHAT ARE THE DOSAGES THAT INH ARE GIVEN IN
- 5MG/KG (300MG/DAY MAX) FOR NINE MONTHS (MUST ACCOMPLISH 270 DOSES WITHIN 9 MONTHS
- 15MG/KG (900MG/DAY MAX) TWICE WEEKLY FOR 9 MONTHS
What is primary treatment with INH?
What is alternate treatment for INH?
- 5MG/KG (300MG/DAY MAX) FOR NINE MONTHS (MUST ACCOMPLISH 270 DOSES WITHIN 9 MONTHS
-15 mg per KG 900 mg Max twice weekly for 9 months must be supervised.
ONCE YELLOW FEVER IS RECONSTITUTED, IT MUST BE USED WITHIN HOW LONG
1 HOUR
A DIAGNOSES, CASE, OR MEDICAL-EVENT BECOMES REPORTABLE ONCE IT HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS WHAT
SUSPECTED, PROBABLE OR CONFIRMED
ONCE MMR IS RECONSTITUTED, IT MUST BE USED WITHIN HOW LONG
8 HOURS
LIST elements of the TB Control Program
(1) Tuberculosis Screening and Testing
(2) Evaluation and Management of New Positive Test for Latent Tuberculosis Infection
(3) Tuberculosis Contact Investigation
(4) Tuberculosis Patient Management
(5) Reports
STATE importance of a chest x-ray during tuberculosis screening
-Entry in the naval service only If clinically indicated.
or If required for special programs
Separation from the naval service only If clinically indicated
(a) New reactor to rule out active disease.
(b) Any time active disease is suspected.
(c) New and previous reactors who are contacts of potentially infectious case of active
disease.
When is chest x-ray for TB screening Not indicated
Old reactor as part of annual evaluation if asymptomatic
What is route and dose of Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) (live virus)
(1) All active duty personnel and DOD health care providers (military or civilian), will be given one dose of MMR vaccine regardless of year of birth.
(2) All women should be advised to avoid becoming pregnant for at least 28 days after immunization.
(3) Dosage: 0.5ml.
(4) Route - subcutaneous.
(5) Periodicity - single dose one time only.
When would you not recieve MMR
(a) Documented receipt of two doses of MMR vaccine after the first birthday.
(b) Serological evidence of immunity to all three agents.
(c) Pregnant
What is Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) IRT to TB screening
(1) BCG vaccines made from live-attenuated bacteria are commonly used in certain countries to avert infection with M. tuberculosis.
(2) Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) can be administered to person who have previously received BCG immunization.
(3) A Positive TST reaction in BCG Immunized individuals should be regarded as indicative of TB infection.
What are the first twelve illnesses are 24 hour reportable
Amebiasis
Anthrax
Biological Warfare Agent exp
Botulism
Cholera
Dengue Fever
E. Coli
Encephalitis
Hantavirus infection
Hemoragic fever
Legionellosis
Malaria
What are the Last 12 illnesses that are 24hour reportable?
Measles
Meningococcal disease
Pertussis
Q-Fever
Rabies
Smallpox
TB
Tularemia
Typhoid
Typhus
yellow fever
WHAT IS THE DOSAGE OF THE TST
0.1CC OR 5TU
When was The last naturally acquired case of smallpox in the world then
Global eradication was certified when and by what entity
occurred in October 1977 in
Somalia;
two years later 1979 by the WHO
Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine should be Stored between what temps
58 ºF to 46 ºF
POSITIVE TB RESULTS REQUIRE WHAT ACTION
- 5MM OR GREATER MUST BE EVAL'D AND CONSIDERED FOR INH IF AT RISK.
- <15MM IS A CANDIDATE IF THEY MEET CRITERIA OUTLINED IN BUMEDINST 6224.8A
- 15MM OR MORE IS A CANDIDATE FOR INH THERAPY
What do you do for suspected active TB case
Quarantine, chest x-ray, referral to EPMU
What are quarantinable diseases that are more concerning for docking in a foriegn port
(1) Ships and aircraft proceeding to a foreign port will meet the quarantine requirements of
that port.
(2) Ships and aircraft will comply with sanitary measures prescribed by health authorities in
the port of departure to prevent the embarking of personnel infected or the introduction
of agent or vector of a quarantine disease.
(3) Foreign health officials may be received on board for receiving certification compliance
but only with the approval of the Commanding Officer.
(4) Foreign officials can not conduct inspections of military vessels.
STATE purpose of quarantine regulations in regards to the internationally quarantinable diseases.
(1) The movements of Navy vessels, aircraft, and other transport arriving at or leaving the U.S. and foreign countries or ports may introduce and disseminate communicable diseases and undesirable non-native species.
(2) Quarantine regulations are intended to prevent the introduction and dissemination, domestically or internationally originated, of diseases affecting:
(a) humans, plants, and animals;
(b)prohibited or illegally taken wildlife;
(c)arthropod vectors;
(d)and pests of health and agricultural importance.
LIST primary objectives of Medical Event Reports
a. Enables Navy public health experts to be aware of:
(1) Important medical events when they occur
(2) Prevention and control actions already taken by or being considered by local level medical staff
b. Enables Navy public health experts to be proactive in offering their assistance to local level
medical staff.
LIST uses of MERs
a. Any diagnosis, case or medical event that has been identified in a DON health care beneficiary and classified are reportable.
b. Research Labs that identify a case/medical-event, sufficiently enough to classify it as reportable.
Periodic screening (LTBI Screening) Requirements
(1) All active duty and Reserve personnel.
(a) Annual screening during Periodic Health Assessment (PHA).
(2) CIVMARs
(a) Annually or
(b)During periodic physical examination
(3) Individuals deemed to be at risk of acquiring TB.
(4) Additional screening and subsequent testing may be done:
(a) As directed by combatant command.
(b)As part of a contact or outbreak investigation.
(c) If clinically indicated by an individual practitioner based on history or physical.
(d)As recommended by cognizant NEPMU.
(5) During operational Suitability Screening
(a) All personnel must be tested for LTBI
(b)Clinically evaluate persons with prior LTBI diagnosis
(c) LTBI test results documented within 6 months prior to reporting are acceptable
(6) Within six months prior to separation or retirement
LIST the Quarantinable Diseases
(1) Cholera
(2) Diphtheria
(3) Infectious Tuberculosis
(4) Plague
(5) Smallpox
(6) Yellow Fever
(7) Viral Hemoragic Fevers
(8) SARS
(9) Influenza caused by novel or reemergent influenza viruses that are causing, or have the potential to cause, a pandemic.
What are Methods of control IRT Cholera
(1) Active immunization with oral vaccines provide high levels of protection for several months.
(2) Case report universally required by World Health Organization (WHO), Medical Event Report (MER).
(3) Isolation with enteric precautions of severely-ill patients, hand-washing and fly control.
(4) Concurrent disinfection of feces and vomitus of linens and articles used by patients.
What are Methods of control IRT Plague
(1) The basic objective is to reduce the likelihood of people being bitten by fleas, having contact with infective tissues or exudates, or exposure to patients with pneumonic
plague.
(2) Specific methods include:
(a)Education.
(b)Rat-proofing of buildings and/or ships.
(c)Storage and disposal of food and garbage.
(d)Patient isolation and concurrent disinfection.
(e)Clothing repellants.
(f) Case report universally required by WHO, MER.
What are Methods of control IRT Yellow Fever
(1) General precautions to avoid mosquito bites should be followed.
(2) These include the use of insect repellent, protective clothing, and mosquito netting.
(3) Immunization (including contacts)
(a)Yellow fever vaccine is a live virus vaccine which has been used for several
decades.
(b)A single dose confers immunity lasting 10 years or more.
(c)Adults and children over 9 months can take this vaccine.
(d)Administration of immune globulin does not interfere with the antibody response to
yellow fever vaccine.
(e)This vaccine is only administered at designated yellow fever vaccination centers; the locations of which can usually be given by the local health department.
(f) If a person is at continued risk of yellow fever infection, a booster dose is needed
every 10 years.
(4) Isolation.
(a)Blood and body fluid precautions.
(b)Clothing, bednets, and repellants.
(5) Case report universally required by WHO, MER.
What are Methods of control IRT Small Pox
(1) Immunization with vaccinia virus.
(2) Should a non-varicella, smallpox-like case be suspected, immediate telephonic communication with local and state health authorities is obligatory:
What are the more prevelent quarantinable disease as it relates to foriegn ports
(1) Cholera
(2) Plague
(3) Yellow Fever
(4) Small Pox
DEFINE significant new reactor rate
(1) The percent of close contacts who are TB reactors or converters is a good indicator of a case's infectivity.
(2) If the rate of newly identified converters is two times greater than the expected baseline conversion rate of the command (1%-2% per year for the Navy-Marine Corps), contact the cognizant NEPMU for specific guidance.
How may a person contact cholera
1) A person may get cholera by drinking water or eating food contaminated with the
cholera bacterium.
2) In an epidemic, the source of the contamination is usually the feces of an infected person.
3) The disease can spread rapidly in areas with inadequate treatment of sewage and drinking water.
4) Shellfish eaten raw have been a source of cholera, and a few persons in the United States have contracted cholera after eating raw or undercooked shellfish from the Gulf of Mexico.
5) The disease is not likely to spread directly from one person to another
STATE tests to identify individuals exposed to mycobacterium tuberculosis
1)Premixed Tween-80-stabilized intermediate strength PPD (5TU). Disposable 1 ml tuberculin syringe. Graduated in 0.1 ml intervals and fitted with a 25-gauge 5/8-inch needle.
2) Blood Assay for M. tuberculosis Infection (BAMT)
How long after recieving the PPD test will the results be read
48 to 72 hour interval
What is the Mode of transmission of the Plague
People usually get plague from being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague bacterium or by handling an infected animal
What is the Mode of transmission of Yellow Fever
A viral disease transmitted between humans by a mosquito
What is the mode of transmission of Small Pox
Systemic viral disease generally presenting with a characteristic skin eruption.
Infection usually occurred via the respiratory tract (droplet spread) or skin inoculation
What may serve as source of propagation, leading to outbreaks or epidemics of Pnemonic Plague.
(a)Extensive involvement of lungs, sputum loaded with causative agent.
(b)Respiratory droplets may serve as source of propagation, leading to outbreaks or epidemics.
WHAT NAVY INSTRUCTION IN THE (QUARANTINE REGULATIONS OF THE NAVY)
OPNAVINST 6210.2
PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON NAVY'S RESPONSIBILITIES, LIAISONS, FOREIGN QUARANTINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH REQUIREMENTS
OPNAVINST 6210.2
SHIPBOARD SANITATION CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
BUMEDNOTE 6210
WHAT IDENTIFIES NAVY MEDICAL PERSONNEL DELEGATED AUTHORITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPNAVINST 6210.2 AND THE W.H.O., INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS (IHR'S) TO INSPECT AND ISSUE APPROPRIATE SHIP SANITATION CERTIFICATES (SSC) AND TO PROVIDE RELATED STANDARD PROCEDURES AND POLICY FOR THE SHIP SANITATION CERTIFICATE PROGRAM (SSCP)
BUMEDNOTE 6210
<15 MM REACTOR IS A CANDIDATE FOR THERAPY ONLY IF ONE OF THE CRITERIA OF WHAT APPLY
BUMEDINST 6224.8A, TABLE 1 (CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING A POSITIVE TST REACTION)
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A MER
ENABLES NAVY PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS TO BE AWARE OF;
- IMPORTANT MEDICAL EVENT WHEN THEY OCCUR
- PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACTIONS ALREADY TAKEN BY OR BEING CONSIDERED BY LOCAL LEVEL MEDICAL STAFF
What has replaced the BUMEDINST 6250.14 Procurement of Deratting/Deratting Exemption Certificates?
BUMED Note 6210
Shipboard Sanitation Control Certificate
What is the TB Control Program instruction?
BUMEDINST 6224.8A
What is the MER instruction?
BUMEDINST 6220.12B
What is the approved PPD test and how is it administered?
5TU (intermediate)
0.1 ml ID Left forearm (volar aspect)
How must a PPD be recorded?
By a properly trained MDR
After 48 to 72 hours
Measure in MM at widest point
Measure induration
When are chest Xrays required?
If clinically indicated
New reactor to R/O active TB
New and Old reactors who are contacts of active cases.
What date does the annual report need to be submitted to EPMU?
28 FEB of every year.
What is the preferred method for reporting MER?
Naval Disease Reporting System, internet
(NDRSi)
What is the Immuniation instruction?
BUMEDINST 6230.15
Immunization and chemoprophilaxis
What forms are immunizations documented on?
NAVMED 6230/4
PHS 731- yellow card
WHo creates the Vaccine Information Sheets?
Where is VIS published?
VIS is created by CDC
In federal register
What are requirements to give immunizations?
A person capable of treating anaphylaxis must be present
Type commanders will determine level of certification
Which providers must be available for immuns?
Physican
Physician's assistant
IDC
Dentist
Nurse
BCLS, but ACLS is preffered
Who's recommendations do we follow for Navy Vaccinations?
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
STATE importance of Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to the Navy
Immunization Program.
Vaccine administration policies of the Navy Immunization Program must follow the recommendations of the CDC and the current ACIP recommendations unless there is a militarily relevant reason to do otherwise.
A vaccine for TB named after the French scientists who developed it, Calmette and
Guérin.
BCG
Rarely used in the United States, but it is often given to infants and small children in other countries where TB is common.
If treatment has been interrupted for more than two months, patients must be examined to exclude active TB disease
Do not restart the 9-month daily INH regimen if at least 270 doses of INH can be
administered within a 12-month period
2) INH can be given twice weekly 15 mg/kg body weight (up to 900 mg).
(a) This schedule makes directly observed therapy (DOT) more manageable, when poor compliance is a concern.
When internet is unavailable routine reports should be submitte to their nearest NEPMU by U.S. Mail
Urgent reports may be made HOW?
(1) Phone
(2) Priority Naval Message
(3) Encrypted e-mail
(4) Use of SAMS to submit MER is no longer authorized
MER's that are not 24hr reportable but are routine are submitted when
Monthly
WHAT IS THE MINIMUM INTERVAL FOR THE HBV VACCINE Three dose regimen:
1st dose followed by 2nd in one month.
3rd dose 6 months after the 1st dose.
WHAT IS THE DOAGE FOR Anthrax vaccine.
Dosage: 5 shots over 18 months.
(a) 0.5 mL given intramuscular at:
1) 0
2) 4 weeks
3) 6 months
4) 12 months
5) 18 months
6) subsequent booster injections at one year intervals if immunity is to be
maintained.
Japanese Encephalitis (JE)
1) Dosage - primary 3 doses of 1.0 mL each on day(s) 0, 7, and 30.
2) The last dose should be administered 10 days prior to entering an endemic area.
3) Route - subcutaneously 1.0 mL every 3 years
4) If not completed prior to departure, must be started prior to departure and then
completed upon arrival
Cholera (inactivated bacterial).
(1) Only when required by host country.
(2) Dosage - single dose of 0.5 mL.
(3) Route - subcutaneous/intramuscular.
(4) Periodicity - every 6 months if residing in or traveling to highly endemic area.
Live virus vaccines should not be routinely administered to any pregnant female except
(a) Can be given if ordered by attending physician for specific prevention or for
international travel.
(b) Polio and yellow fever vaccine may be administered if risks of contracting illness
outweigh potential complications.
Yellow fever immunizations on IDC ships shall only be conducted in port during
normal working hours after prior notification and concurrence of
local ISIC/RSG/Group
M.O., unless a Medical Officer is present.