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ملف الوبائيات بعد التعديل
ملف الوبائيات بعد التعديل
expected level) i.e in comparison with the expected level or what is expected in a given time
period .
* Always wash your hands well with soap, water or other disinfectants that are used to wash
hands, especially after coughing or sneezing and using restrooms, and before and after handling
and preparing foods.
* Use a tissue when you cough or sneeze and cover your mouth and nose with it, then dispose
of it in the waste bin. And if the tissue is not available, it is preferable to cough or sneeze on the
upper arm, not on the hands.
* Avoid touching the eyes, nose, and mouth with the hand as possible, as hands can transmit
the virus after coming into contact with surfaces contaminated with the virus.
* Make sure to follow other healthy habits such as nutritional balance and physical activity, and
get enough sleep.
And the need to see a doctor when necessary, and follow up on new information about the
disease by the Ministry of Health.
What are the preparations made by the Ministry of Health to prevent the disease and how it can
be pursued and controlled and prevent infection by infection?
1- Raising the maximum degree of readiness in all quarantine departments at the different entry
points in the country.
2- Matching all travelers coming from the areas where the disease appeared.
5- Raising the degree of readiness and control procedures, and equipping the isolation
departments in hospitals.
Step 1 :
3- Compare the current rate with the previous rate of the disease in other areas of
the world that get the outbreak such China, Iran and Italy.
Step 2 :
Step 3 :
1- Plot an Epidemic Curve: Graph of the number of cases (y-axis) by their date or
time of onset (x-axis)
2- Interpreting an epidemic curve Overall pattern: increase, peak, decrease. Type
of epidemic? Incubation period?
Step 4 :
Calculate the attack rate: Which is a special form of incidence rate where the
duration is the period of the epidemic.
Step 5:
1. Test hypothesis, is the difference between the risk association due to chance
factor or not.
2. Asses the attributable risk AR among exposed and non-exposed persons and
the relative risk RR.
Step 6 :
Step 7 :
Step 8:
Step 9:
2-to satisfy the people( the politics and the community leaders ) in order to calm them.
4- scientific values ( scientific researches ) to discover new findings regarding the etiology or the
control measures .