Question

MEASLES OUTBREAK: Create a policy for Measles that an institution could adopt to prepare for and combat the outbreak.

Imagine that you are the healthcare administrator for a 100-bed facility.

Addresses the following in your policy:

1. Name the outbreak and include when and where the outbreak began.
2. Access the Map of Reported Cases or the Outbreak Area and include the geographical information.
3. List the symptoms. Discuss the prevention options.
4. Describe some policy elements that would help reduce the effects of the outbreak at your facility.
5. As a healthcare administrator, how could outbreaks affect your facility?

Answer 1

Measles symptoms :

Fever - high grade fever

Cough

Running nose

Conjunctivitis

Koplick spot

Rashes appear

Prevention option:

1. Avoid contact with cases of measles

2. MMR vaccine/ measles immunoglobulin

3 isolate the patient

Policy elements

1.principles: prevention of droplet spread

2. Governance: the govt must make available of the vaccine

Also educate the people about the disease it's spread and modes of transmission

Make Available facilities for the patients

3. The patient coming maybe in the incubation period, so preventive measures and screening tests should be effective

The patients coming to the facility will be reduced,