What is the difference between
1. Isolation and qurantine
2. Epidemic and Pandemic
Answers
Isolation and Quarantine -
Isolation :-
i) Patient tested positive for virus .
ii) Hospitals use the term isolation when they
place someone in a separate room.
iii) Doctor can control who has access to go see
them.
Quarantine :-
i) Patient not tested for virus unless showing
symptoms during quarantine
ii) May have come in contact with someone
with the virus
iii) Being placed at home in a living circumstance
Epidimic and Pandemic -
Epidemic :-
i) event in which a diesease is actively
spreading.
ii) Often used to describe a problem that has
grown out of control.
Pandemic :-
i) relates to geographic spread
ii) describes disease that affects the whole
country or the entire world
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