Category: Preventive medicine

Post exposure prophylaxis – Diseases

Post exposure prophylaxis is used for the following diseases: Rabies Tetanus Hepatitis Varicella Measles (to be given within 3 days of exposure)

Preventive medicine

Criteria for fast breathing in ARI control program

Respiratory rate is used to assess severity of respiratory infection. A child with fast breathing is considered to have pneumonia as per Acute Respiratory Infection control program. The

Preventive medicine

Mass chemoprophylaxis in lymphatic filariasis

DEC (diethyl carbamazine citrate) is used for mass chemoprophylaxis if filariasis. It is given to all people irrespective of presence of disease / microfilaremia. It is not given

Preventive medicine

Minus desk – Recommended desk for school children

Based on the relationship between the desk and the chair, there are 3 types of desks Plus desk Zero desk Minus desk Plus desk There is a gap

Acronyms

TCID 50 – Acronym

Tissue culture vials TCID 50 stands for: Tissue Culture Infective Dose – 50% / Median Tissue Culture Infective Dose The quantity of a pathogen that will induce pathogenic

Acronyms

WMF – Acronym

WMF stands for: Wastage multiplication factor (an index of wastage of vaccines during vaccination programs)

Preventive medicine

Hospital Bed Turnover Rate

Hospital Bed Turnover Rate is a measure of the extend of hospital utilization It is the number of times there is change of occupant for a bed during

Preventive medicine

Rat flea control measures

Rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) Rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) is a parasite of rodents primarily of the genus Rattus It is responsible for the transmission of many diseases like

Preventive medicine

Genetic counselling – Prospective and Retrospective

Structure of a gene Genetic counselling is the utilisation of knowledge of genetics to predict the probability of genetic disorders. It is of 2 types: Prospective genetic counselling

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