What was the movie “contagion” really about?

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Assignment:
Infection control ~ “Contagion”
Every year, lives are lost because of the spread of infections in hospitals. Health care workers can take steps to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. These steps are part of infection control.
Proper handwashing is the most effective way to prevent the spread of infections in hospitals. If you are a patient, don’t be afraid to remind friends, family, and health care providers to wash their hands before getting close to you.
Standard precautions are a set of infection control practices used to prevent transmission of diseases that can be acquired by contact with blood, body fluids, non-intact skin (including rashes), and mucous membranes. These measures are to be used when providing care to all individuals, whether or not they appear infectious or symptomatic.
Other steps health care workers can take include
Covering coughs and sneezes
Staying up-to-date with immunizations
Using gloves, masks, and protective clothing
Making tissues and hand cleaners available
Following hospital guidelines when dealing with blood or contaminated items
https://medlineplus.gov/infectioncontrol.html (Links to an external site.)
Please follow this link and watch the movie “CONTAGION” (Links to an external site.)
It is available through the FCC Library online video database.
Please answer the following questions within your 500 word essay:
Referring back to your reading content in your chapter, standard precautions handout and the movie “Contagion”, please answer the following questions.
What was the movie “contagion” really about?
What is the difference between an outbreak, an epidemic, and a pandemic?
What are standard precautions?
What is a fomite?
What is a fomite capable of creating?
What does the acronym WHO stand for?
What are 3 standard precautions? Please define and discuss.
Why doesn’t Mitch Emhoff get sick?
At the end of the movie, Contagion, what did you discover about how the virus came to people?
Do you think this movie is a realistic characterization of infectious disease?
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