BS Nursing Epidemiology
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106. A sudden outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease is identified in a city, linked to a specific building’s cooling tower. What is the urgent public health action?

A. Advise people to avoid public buildings.
B. Immediately shut down and decontaminate the implicated cooling tower, and identify individuals who visited the building.
C. Wait for the outbreak to subside naturally.
D. Only treat the severe cases.

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  • Advise people to avoid public buildings.
  • Immediately shut down and decontaminate the implicated cooling tower, and identify individuals who visited the building.
  • Wait for the outbreak to subside naturally.
  • Only treat the severe cases.

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