Outbreak

and shipping technologies we have today, foods can be processed in giant plants and then shipped worldwide. This can lead to widespread outbreaks of disease if any machinery in a central processing plant is contaminated. One example of this type of outbreak was the Blue Bell ice cream listeria outbreak in the US this past year (CDC, 2015). This particular outbreak spanned the American West and Midwest, in Arizona, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas and occurred over the course of 5 years. Each instance…

almost eradicated from the United States, small outbreaks throughout the decades are not unusual. The most recent outbreak of measles began in 2014 in Los Angeles, California at Disneyland. While this outbreak has not been as monumental as previous outbreaks, the numbers of those now infected is high. In a society where it is customary to become vaccinated against diseases like this, it is always surprising that outbreaks like this occur. The outbreak of measles that started in California is an…

In developing a needs assessment plan, what kinds and sources of data need to be collected to make rational planning decisions for health care organizations? A needs assessment is critical to epidemiologist to help in estimating the needs in a population for healthcare services. In order to find the unmet needs, unrecognized needs and the overmet needs, data needs to collected. This way, epidemiologist can use the data collected to make rational decision for health care organizations. Unmet…

conclude in the individual being fined. This has resulted in compliance rates of over 95% (Walkinshaw, 2011). When looking at statistics from outbreaks of certain diseases, it is interesting to see whether there is a link with high compliance rates of vaccines in countries, with the statistics of number of cases of outbreaks. Figures for measles outbreaks show that in countries…

disease (vCJD), it is a very rare disorder, that causing the brain to break down, death is common with in the first year of contracting this disease. (Web MD) describe the actions of the British government, resent the protocol regarding disease outbreaks at that time. The beginning actions of the response of British government were based of the belief that the chances of humans becoming infected with Mad Cow disease (BSE) was highly unlikely. The government believe this for around twelve…

the normal anticipated heat range. The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel ran their air conditioning to keep their guests comfortable during these warm days of summer, not knowing their air conditioning would spread the bacteria that would cause an outbreak. This outbreak infected 182 people and killed 34 during this convention (Chernick,…

hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths (Foodborne Illnesses). The big six of foodborne illness included Salmonella Typhi, Shigella spp, Nontyphoidal Salmonella, Eshcerichia coli (E. coli), Hepatitis A and Norovirus. However, most big foodborne illness outbreak strain was Salmonella in 2013. It occurred by Foster Farms brand chicken. It infected more than 600 people.…

Eventually the Center for Disease Control became involved in order to prevent future outbreaks, and to determine what initiated the outbreak at the…

In February of 2014, the biggest Ebola outbreak in history occurred in West Africa. This outbreak eventually spread to other countries, and attracted attention from people all over the world. The United States experienced a few cases of Ebola and as a result, Americans became very worried, and began to fear that there would be a big outbreak in the US. However, there were only 4 cases including one fatality. Despite having few cases occur in America, the Ebola awareness was blown out of…

this changed miraculously on January 12, 1993. The book POISONED by Jeff Benedict explains the details of the deadly Escherichia coli (E. coli) strain O157:H7 outbreak that spread throughout four states, affected an estimated 700 people, and responsible for the death of four children. This epidemic was one of the first documented outbreaks of E. coli, and essentially the first time E. coli was publicly associated with ground beef. The first child to succumb this epidemic was Lauren Rudolph, a…