Environmental and Quarantine Methods (HSC SSCE Biology): Flashcards

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Environmental and Quarantine Methods
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Environmental methods

Managing physical environment to reduce pathogen transmission

Quarantine methods

Separating infected from healthy to prevent transmission

Type of virus causing Ebola

Single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus

Primary natural reservoir for Ebola

Fruit bats

Ebola incubation period

22 to 2121 days

Death rate in 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak

Approximately 50%

Barrier nursing

Patient care under strict infection control conditions

Minimum spacing between Ebola patient beds

At least three metres

Solution for Ebola surface decontamination

0.5% chlorine solution

Monitoring period after Ebola exposure

21 days

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