CLINICAL MEDICINE

MEDICINE

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How are quarantines used to slow the spread of an epidemic?
A
Quarantines prevent individuals from eating food that is potentially contaminated.
B
Quarantines allow enough time for antibiotics to take effect in infected individuals.
C
Quarantines keep infected individuals separate so they cannot pass the disease to others.
D
Quarantines keep people inside their homes so that family members can provide care for each other.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -To aid isolation-when isolation of individuals once they become symptomatic is slow or unreliable without quarantine, quarantine may reduce transmission through its effects on facilitating more rapid isolation of ill and contagious individuals.

Detailed explanation-2: -Isolation separates sick people with a contagious disease from people who are not sick. Quarantine separates and restricts the movement of people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become sick.

Detailed explanation-3: -Governments and health authorities use quarantines to stop the spread of contagious diseases. Quarantines are also for people or groups who do not have symptoms but were exposed to the disease. The quarantine keeps them away from others so they do not unknowingly infect anyone.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is an effective way to protect the public. Governments use quarantines to stop the spread of contagious diseases. Quarantines are for people or groups who don’t have symptoms but were exposed to the sickness. A quarantine keeps them away from others so they don’t unknowingly infect anyone.

There is 1 question to complete.