When an Outbreak Is Suspected, All the Following Steps Are

question 1

Multiple Choice

When an outbreak is suspected, all the following steps are taken in investigating that event, except

• A) establishing a case definition.
• B) confirming that an outbreak exists.
• C) immediately treating all persons involved with appropriate antibiotic.
• D) establishing an epidemiologic curve.

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Definitions:

Basic Assumptions

Fundamental beliefs or principles that are accepted as true without proof and form the basis for reasoning or behavior.

Dispositional

pertaining to stable characteristics or traits of an individual that influence their behaviors and attitudes.

Kelley's Attribution Theory

A framework suggesting that people interpret their own and others' behaviors by attributing them to either internal dispositions or external situations.

Best Fit Explanation

A theory or hypothesis that most accurately accounts for the evidence or data among competing options.