Hospital Epidemiology Assignment
1. Research an outbreak of infectious disease associated with healthcare settings of your choice. Address the following in your report:
a) Identify the agent and discuss it in detail.
b) Determine the host and the environment that is favorable for the infection.
c) Discuss how the infections spread and the types of prevention and control measures.
d) Identify a population and develop a hypothesis about possible causes in a testable format with standard statistical notation (the null and the alternative)
e) Select an appropriate statistical method to test the hypothesis.
