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2. INTRODUCTION
Communicable Diseases are the major cause
of morbidity and mortality in emergencies
particularly so in complex emergencies.
Main causes of morbidity and mortality in
emergencies are diarrhoeal diseases, acute
respiratory infections,measles and in areas
where it is endemic malaria.
3. WHAT IS NEEDED DURING AN
EMERGENCY?
o Provision of shelter,water,sanitation,food and
basic health care are the most effective means
of protecting health of those affected by
emergencies.
o A systematic approach to control of
communicable diseases is a key component of
humanitarian response and crucial for the
protection of the health of the population.
4. STAGES OF INFECTION
INITIAL STAGE:
Incubation period: Atteck of pathogen on the
tissue of the host.
ACTIVE DISEASE STAGE :
Asymptomatic- Resistant power is effected.
Symptomatic- Effect depend on the pathogen .
LATENCY STAGE: Infection remain in the
body of the person.
5. MODE OF TRANSMISSION
Direct transmission – Direct physical contact,
touch, kiss, sexual contact, social contact,
transplantation, inoculatory transmission.
Indirect transmission – By some medium
(vehicle, formite , hands ,air born ,vector
born).
6. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF
CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE
DISEASES
Rapid Assessment
Prevention
Surveillance
Outbreak Control
Disease
Management
7. Rapid Health Assessment
The objectives should be :
1. To assess the extent of the emergency and the
threat of communicable diseases in the
population
2. To define the type and size of interventions
and priority activities
3. To plan the implementation of these activities
4. To provide information to international
community,donors and the media to mobilize
resources both human and financial.
8. Prevention
Communicable diseases can be prevented by
appropriate preventive measures which
include:
Good site planning
Provision of basic clinical services
Provision of appropriate shelter
Clean water supply
Sanitation
Mass vaccination against specific diseases
Regular and sufficient food supply
Control of vectors
9. Surveillance
Surveillance is the ongoing systematic
collection,analysis and interpretation of data in
order to plan, implement and evaluate public
health intervention.
Surveillance system should be simple,
flexible,acceptable and situation specific
10. Objectives of a surveillance
1. Identify public health priorities
2. Monitor the severity of an
emergency by collecting and
analyzing mortality and morbidity
data
3. Detect outbreaks and monitor
response
4. Monitor trends in incidence and
case fatality from major diseases
5. Provide information to ministry of
health,donors to assist in health
programme planning,
implementation and resource
mobilization.
11. Outbreak Control
An outbreak is occurrence of a number of cases
of a disease that is unusually large or
unexpected for a given place and time.
Outbreaks and epidemics refer to the one and
same thing.
Outbreaks in emergency situations can spread
rapidly giving rise to high morbidity and
mortality rates.
Aim should be to detect and control the
outbreak as early as possible.
12. MAJOR DISEASES WITH EPIDEMIC
POTENTIAL IN EMERGENCY SITUATION
Cholera
Meningococcal disease
Measles
Shigellosis
In certain areas the following diseases
have to be included:
malaria, louse borne typhus, yellow fever,
trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis,viral
hemorrhagic
fever, relapsing fever, typhoid and
hepatitis.
13. STEPS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF A
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
OUTBREAK
1. Preparation
2. Detection
3. Response
4. Evaluation
14. PREPARATION FOR THE
OUTBREAK
Strong surveillance system
Health coordination meetings
Outbreak response plan for each disease
Stocks of iv fluids, antibiotics and
vaccines
Plans for isolation wards
Laboratory support
15. DETECTION OF OUTBREAK
Surveillance system with early warning
system for epidemic prone diseases.
Inform ministry of health and WHO in
case of outbreaks of specific diseases.
Take appropriate specimens (stool,
CSF or serum) for laboratory
confirmation.
Include case in the weekly report.
16. RESPONSE TO THE OUTBREAK
Confirm the outbreak
Activate the outbreak control team
Investigate the outbreak
Control the outbreak
17. EVALUATION
Assess appropriateness and effectiveness of
containment measures.
Assess timeliness of outbreak detection and
response.
Change public health policy if indicated.
Write and disseminate outbreak report.
22. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Early recognition and treatment
All children with cough carefully assessed
Assess signs of malnutrition
Refer severely malnourished to hospital
Manage pneumonia with antibiotics
Follow national treatment protocols
Supportive measures
Vaccination
23. TUBERCULOSIS
Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Incubation period: 4-8 weeks.
Clinical manifestation:
Pulmonary tuberculosis –
cough for 3 weeks or
more,fever increase in
evening temperature,
Sweating in night, loss of
appetite
Weight loss, fatigue, chest
pain ,breathing difficulty.
24. TUBERCULOSIS
Blood with sputum,
TB of other organs( intestine, brain,
bones, joints, skin, lymph glands.
Diagnostic test:
Symptoms of patient & physical
examination .
Chest x-ray, sputum culture
Tuberculin test or MONTOUX test
Tissue biopsy.
25. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Tuberculosis
Need for integration with the national TB
control Program and involve local TB
coordinators.
Use the national TB treatment protocols.
Cover the local population also.
DOTS therapy .
Refer seriously ill patients to local hospitals.
Laboratory services for sputum smears.
26. MEASLES
Viral infection.
Incubation period: 19-14 days
Clinical manifestation:
Fever, cough, sneezing,watering eyes
Kop like spots appear on the mucous
membrane of mouth.
Eyes may become red & sensitive to light.
27. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Measles
Routine vaccination
Measles outbreak response.
Mass vaccination with measles vaccine is
priority in emergency situations. The ideal
target population being 6 month to 14 years
old although age groups from 6 months to four
years is still acceptable.
Measles vaccine should be accompanied with
vitamin A administration in children 9 months
to 5 years of age.
33. NURSING MANAGEMENT
MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS
Early detection and control of the outbreak.
Diagnosis and management of cases.
Mass vaccination
Highest risk group for meningococcal
meningitis is children aged 2-10 years and
this should be the priority group during
vaccination campaigns.
35. CHOLERA
Vibrio-cholra bacteria.
Incubation period : a few hrs. to 5 days.
Clinlcal manifestation:
Diarrhoeal stage
Dehydration stage
Convalescence stage
Diagnostic test:
Stool test , Ractal swab test ,serum &
contaminated food & water exam, physical
examination.
36. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Prompt diagnosis and management
Establish treatment centers with barrier nursing.
Fecal material and vomit properly disinfected and
disposed.
Health Education on hygiene,safe water, safe food
and hand washing.
Promote washing hands with soap and water when
food is being handled.
37. DIARRHOEA
Caused by (Bacteria,Amoeba,Parasite,Viruses)
Incubation period: few hrs. to 2-3 days
Clinical manifestation:
Abdominal disturbance
Nausea & vomiting
Fever,restlessness
38. DIARRHOEA
Gurgling sound.
Lack of fluids &
electrolytes in body
,dehydration
Diagnostic test:
Case history & symptoms
Stool,blood examination
Physical examination
39. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Provision of safe water
supply
Supply of adequate quantities
of reasonably clean water is
more important than supply
of small quantities of
microbiologically clean water
Control of flies, educate
people who manage
food,kitchen manager,
housewives.
40. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Adequate clean water for personal hygiene and
hand washing.
Vector control measures to reduce fly
population.
Disinfect articles contaminated by nasal and
conjunctival discharges.
In health facilities vigorous hand washing to
avoid cross contamination and proper disposal
of infected material.
41. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Eliminate habitats of Aedes mosquitoes.
Personal protection against mosquito bites
during day time.
Surveys to determine vector density and larval
habitats.
In an outbreak use larvicide on all potential
habitats of Aedes aegypti.
Insecticides to reduce vector population.
Social mobilization to eliminate breeding sites.
42. TYPHOID FEVER
Salmonella typhi.
Incubation period: 3 days – 3
weeks
Clinical manifestation:
Pink rashes on chest, swelling in
lymph glands
Fever , headache,restlessness,
loss of appetite, sleeplessness.
Abdominal pain,constipation or
diarrhoea.
44. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Typhoid fever
Health education, clean water, food inspection,
proper food handling and proper sewage
disposal.
Early detection and control are important in
prevention of spread.
WHO guidelines should be consulted.
Laboratory services are essential to know the
outbreak strain and the anti microbial sensitivity
pattern.
49. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Educate the patient to avoid sexual contact .
Screening of pregnant mother & blood
donation centers is necessary.
Counselling to ensure safe sex & introducing
use of condoms as a barrier .
Health education
50. SCABIES
Sarcoptes scabei
Clinical manifestation:
Non specific excoriated eruption on
hands, breast, buttock
Itching mostly in night
Diagnostic test:
Itch in absence of any disease
History of contact.
51. NURSING MANAGEMENT
SCABIES
Isolate the patient
Educate to apply permethrin 5% cream all over
& left overninght
Change bed cloths & patients clothing.
Pregnant & lactating women use melathin in
aqueous base.
Treat all household members & other close
contacts wether symptomatic or not.
52. LEISHMANIASIS
Lesishmania parasites.
Incubation period: 10days –
2yrs.
Clinical manifestation:
Fever, enlargement of liver &
spleen
Aneamia & weight loss.
Colour of skin hands, legs,
abdomen& face turn dark or
black.
53. LEISHMANIASIS
Sores on face , painful
Diagnostic tests:
Serum examination,
aldehyde test
Blood examination( ratio of
RBC,WBC, ESR)
54. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Leishmaniasis
Reinforced surveillance, early detection and
treatment.
Reduction of animal reservoir.
Vector control.
Personal protection with insecticide treated
nets.
Health promotion and social mobilization.
Adopt measures to control sand flies.
55. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Leishmaniasis
1. close the breeding places of sand flies.
2. keep poultry forms, animal farms far from
homes.
3.Avoid sleeping on floor.
4.Keep environment clean.
57. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Trypanosomiasis
Human reservoir should be contained
through periodic population screening and
chemo therapy.
Tsetse fly control.
Health education on personal protection
against tsetse fly.
Donation of blood by those living in or have
lived in endemic areas should be prohibited.
58. MALARIA
Plasmodium sporozoan parasite.
Incubation period : 10-12 days
Clinical manifestation:
1) Cold stage
2) Hot stage
3) Wet stage
Diagnostic test:
Symptoms, blood test
(For MP)
59. NURSING MANAGEMENT
MALARIA
Rapid diagnosis and
effective case management.
Use of insecticide treated
nets.
Permethrin sprayed blankets
or treated clothing.
Indoor Residual Spraying.
60. NURSING MANAGEMENT
MALARIA
Examin blood of all people
suffering from fever.
Control the source of
mosquitoes: fill pits ,encourage
environmental cleanliness.
keep the surrounding clean .
Ensure effective
implementations of anti-malaria
programmes.
62. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Relapsing fever (louse-borne)
Detect and treat all cases and
contacts.
Population based delousing
program in affected areas.
Promote personal hygiene.
Prevent further outbreaks.
Control body louse
infestation
64. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Yellow Fever
Personal protection against
mosquito bites.
Sleeping and living quarters
should be screened.
Mass vaccination is key to control
of outbreak.
In urban areas mosquito breeding
sites should be destroyed.
68. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Enforcement of water and food sanitation.
For Hepatitis B and C, all blood products
should be screened for the two (and for HIV).
Vaccination of target population groups for
Hepatitis A recommended.
Health workers not immune to hepatitis A and
B should be vaccinated.
69. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Do not use fruits or vegetables, irrigated by
pollution water.
Be extremely careful in blood transfusion
Take care in disposal of needles & disposable
syringes.
Prohibit the community or shared cigarette
,beedi, hukka, etc.and also utensils used by
other.
70. AIDS/ HIV
Caused by HIV.
incubation period: some months
to 6 yrs.or even more
Clinical manifestation:
Weight loss, fever for more then
1 month
Diarrhoea for more than 1
month
Enlargement of lymph glands.
71. AIDS/ HIV
Continuous cough, night sweats.
Repeated atteck of herpes- zoster.
Dignostic tests:
Virus isolation
ELISA & WESTERN BLOT
TEST
T-4 & T-8 cell count.
72. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Reduce sexual and mother to child transmission.
Ensure blood safety
Universal precautions to be used.
Physical protection especially of women and
children.
Protect health care workers.
Counselling and voluntary testing programs.
Vaccination of asymptomatic HIV infected children
with EPI vaccines.
Symptomatic HIV infected children should not be
given BCG or yellow fever vaccine.
73. NURSING MANAGEMENT
Personal protection against mosquito bites.
Screen the sleeping and living areas.
Vaccines are available for travelers.
Avid tattooing , piercing , acupuncture .
Psychological support.
Use disposable syringes.
74. SUMMARIZATION
INTRODUCTION
STAGES OF INFECTION
MODE OF TRANSMISSION
PRINCIPLES OF CONTROL OF
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
STEPS IN MANAGEMENT
NURSING MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC
DISEASES
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
RTI
Tuberculosis
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