There is an outbreak of swine flu in Australia. As a health professional you decide on how best to prepare staff in

There is an outbreak of swine flu in Australia. As a health professional you decide on how best to prepare staff in Cockatoo Rest to minimise the risk of infection to staff. BACKGROUND According to Murphy (2006) health care workers in developing countries were unsure of the most effective methods of infection control to prevent disease transmission; this meant that many healthcare workers became infected. The capacity of the virus to infect unprepared health care workers meant that there was a shortage of skilled health care workers to assist in protecting the population. Reference: Murphy, C., 2006. The 2003 SARS Outbreak: Global Challenges and Innovative Infection Control Measures. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. Vol. 11 No. 1, Manuscript 5. INTRODUCTION 200 words Contains statements regarding the purpose, scope of content and point of view to be developed in the main body of the paper. BODY OF THE ESSAY The strategies you identify must contain at least two references from reputable literature that have been published over the past 10 years. Limit your references to published literature and government web sites. Some suggested areas for discussion include; What is a pandemic? (keep this brief pandemics, are they dangerous?) Describe how influenza is transmitted. .(knowledge of transmission supports the preparations you are likely to recommend based on evidence in the literature) Identify the strategies used by health professionals and give examples of each strategy (there may be more than one example) 1) Personal protective devices 2) The use of medications / immunisation 3) The management of patients coming to clinics to minimise the risk of infecting staff Justify your choice of examples, using your knowledge of epidemiology and infection control and evidence collected(how successful are they) What difficulties were experienced by nurses and doctors in protecting themselves Did the attitudes of nurses / doctors towards these strategies play a part in their success or failure? Do you think you and other health professionals will be safer in the next pandemic? Why do you think that? CONCLUSION 200 words Draws together the main arguments in the paper but does not present new information. The conclusion may also state future directions or limitations of the work. Can you use government web site book and journals, also use references from Australia.