The objective of the presentation was to provide general information to operating room nurses, which includes those from inpatient hospitals as well as ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in Palm Beach County.
Over the course of the past decade, new diseases have been identified, and older ones have mutated (reappeared with a new genetic code). These include Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-COv in 2014), Chikungunya fever and Ebola, to name a few.
While these diseases have been identified nationwide, certain areas of the country stand out with respect to specific illness, including Florida. For example, the Chikungunya virus was identified last year in Florida when people returning from the Caribbean became ill after being bitten by the Aedes species of mosquito. Thereafter, there were cases identified in Florida in persons who had not left the state, signifying that local mosquitoes were spreading the illness after biting infected individuals and injecting the virus into others they were biting.
Phenelle Segal is a Florida-based infection control consultant providing education to hospitals, ASCs, outpatient facilities and other organizations throughout Florida and nationwide.
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