Analyze the infection outbreak applying the step by step

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Question: A luxury around-the-world cruise ship is full to capacity, carrying 1200 passengers (average age 66) and 500 crew. It set sail from Southampton three weeks earlier and docked in Spain, the Azores, the Caribbean Islands, and Mexico, before sailing through the Panama Canal and on to California. Passengers explored onshore at all destinations, where most dined at local restaurants and cafés. Water for drinking, personal hygiene, and making ice, as well as for a freshwater swimming pool and four spa pools, is produced on board via reverse osmosis (RO) from seawater taken on only while the ship is sailing in open water or is supplied from water of drinking standard taken on board (bunkered) in port. There is also a seawater pool that is filled daily from the open ocean. Food is a mixture of frozen and refrigerated items from the port of embarkation with some additional fresh food brought on board along the way, sourced from reputable, international suppliers subject to rigorous quality checks. Three passengers consult the ship's doctor with symptoms of diarrhea and abdominal discomfort just before the ship docks in San Francisco.

INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT

The ship's doctor collected stool samples that are sent to a private laboratory in San Francisco. Two days later, just as the ship sets sail again for Hawaii, you receive a call on your satellite phone saying that two of the three samples have tested positive for Giardia. That day, four more people visit your office complaining of similar symptoms.

Chand, M. (2017). Case studies in infection control. Taylor & Francis Group

Using an epidemiologic approach, analyze the infection outbreak applying the step by step approach for an outbreak investigation. What infection prevention and control measures/procedures do you think could have been used to prevent the outbreak?

Rubric

Using an epidemiologic approach, evaluates the infection outbreak applying the step by step approach for an outbreak
investigation
Justifies appropriate infection control strategies if this outbreak happened at your workplace.
Justifies infection control measures/procedures that could have been used to prevent the outbreak

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