Organisms That Represent Public Health Concerns Can Be Recovered from Patients

question 8

Multiple Choice

Organisms that represent public health concerns can be recovered from patients in an acute care hospital.All of the following isolates are considered significant or major public health concerns that are reportable to public health jurisdictions to follow up as a potential outbreak EXCEPT:

• A) Neisseria meningitis
• B) West Nile virus
• C) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
• D) Encephalitis viruses

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Definitions:

Underwriting

Underwriting involves assessing the risk of insuring or financing and setting the appropriate terms and conditions for doing so. It is commonly used in insurance and banking.

Preemptive Rights

A stockholder’s right to maintain her proportionate ownership in a corporation. The stockholder has the right to buy a share of any newly issued stock that is proportionate to her fractional ownership of the company before the new issue. The right is not a matter of law but must be written into the corporation’s bylaws.

Proportionate Ownership

Ownership shares in a company or asset divided among investors in proportion to their investment.

Efficient Markets

A financial market hypothesis suggesting that asset prices fully reflect all available information, making it impossible to consistently achieve higher-than-average returns.