Question

Imagine that you are representing the staff in the health care agency where you work. In anticipation of a possible outbreak of a deadly new strain of flu, the administration has decreed that all staff must present documentation of adequate immunity against this new flu before gaining access to any patient care settings. The required flu vaccine and immunity test have only been developed and marketed in the past year.

In your initial post answer the following questions:

As the staff representative concerned for the rights and safety of your constituents, what questions would you raise about the accuracy of the immunity screening test?

Based on your general understanding of disease processes, what concerns would you have about this new flu strain in terms of its impact on staff, clients, and the agency’s readiness to handle an outbreak?

Answer 1

Flu is a viral disease and the virus has the propertity of shift and drift due to the morphology of virus the vaccine should be get every time because the vaccine have less affect on the vorus when it change its morphology. .. ... So, Immunity test should done for all staff as well as vaccine should also given. ..

In hospital setting the all staff who handle the flu patients should get vaccinated and the patient should be isolated in one ward or icu. .. Use the N 95 or N 100 mask tp reduce the direct transmission of disease. ... Respiratory precaution should be use while handling the patient.. ..