he treatment considered to be the most effective against current-day health threats is:Question 34Select one:a.prevention.b.antibiotics.c.surgery.d.genetic testing.

Which prevention activity is most effective with diseases that spread through direct contact?Group of answer choicesStandard precautionsQuarantinePharmaceuticalsEducation

QUESTION:Which statement correctly describes a treatment for exposure to bloodborne pathogens?POSSIBLE ANSWERS:All exposures can be treated with antibiotics.Antiviral drugs are ineffective in the treatment of hepatitis B and C.Antiretroviral drugs reduce the likelihood that HIV will be transmitted.Hepatitis C can be prevented with a vaccine.

Michael is a 4-year old boy presenting with argumentative, disruptive, and oppositional behaviour since 2 ½ years old. Which of the following treatments might you consider when intervening with his family?

Which of the following drugs can be taken to cure some communicable diseases?AntibioticsPainkillersAntisepticsDecongestants2Which of the following statements about antibiotics is not true? They have greatly reduced deaths from communicable diseasesThey can kill bacterial pathogensResistant strains of bacteria are emergingThey can kill viral pathogens3The first stage of testing a new drug involves computer modelling followed by testing on cells, tissues and animals. What is this stage known as? Clinical trialPlacebo effectDouble blind trialPre-clinical testing4Potential new drugs are tested extensively before they can be licensed. Which of the following best describes the four criteria that new drugs must meet?Effective, cheap, stable, successfully taken into and removed from the bodyEffective, safe, cheap, successfully taken into and removed from the bodyEffective, safe, stable, successfully taken into and removed from the bodyEffective, toxic, stable, successfully taken into and removed from the body5In clinical trials, the placebo looks identical to the drug being tested, but contains:A lower concentration of the drugNone of the drugA higher concentration of the drugA different drug6In which type of clinical trial do neither the patients nor the doctors know who is receiving the drug and who is receiving the placebo?Double blind trialControl trialBlind trialOpen trial

Effective treatments are treatments that have been demonstrated withinGroup of answer choicesA real-world clinical setting.A controlled research study.Both A and B.None of the above.