PSM Facts from Previous Papers

·         Indian Red Cross Act - 1920.

·         Indian Factory Act- 1941 ( F=First=41)

·         ESIS- 1948 (E=Eight=8)

·         SIDA - Swedish International Development Agency - RNTCP (T.B).

·         DANIDA - NBCP. ( BLIND ~)

·         AIIMS- New Zealand ( MEMO: AIIMS always does the NEW)

·         COLOMBO Plan: Canada supplying COBALT THERAPY UNITS to Medical institutions in india.

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·         For disinfection of large water bodies - Method of choice of chlorination is CHLORINE GAS. 

·         Chlorine gas is produced by PATERSON's CHLORONOME.

·         Greatest drawback of Chloramine is - SLOW ONSET of action.   

·         Perchloron / HTH has 60-70%  'Available Chlorine'. Whereas Commercial Bleaching Powder has only 33% Available Chlorine.

·         Biological Transmission of Diseases 3 Types 

1. Propagative : Only multiplication of organisms, no change in form inside the vectors 

                                         Eg:- Plague bacilli in Rat fleas.

2. Cyclopropagative : Both multiplication in number and change in form.

                                Eg:- Malarial parasites in female anopheles mosquiotes.

3. Cyclodevelopmental : Only change in form, but no multiplication in numbers.

                                  Eg:- Filarial parasite in Culex mosquito**, Guinea Worm in Cyclops.

·         Live Attenuated Vaccines

1. MMR

2. BCG

3. Polio

4. Epidemic Typhus

5. Chicken Pox -----------> You can Remember the last 6 as PEt-CITY.

6. Influenza

7. Typhoral

8. Yellow fever Vaccine

·         Categorization of wastes

category 1 : Human anatomical wastes

category 2 : Animal wastes

category 3 : Microbiology and Biotechnology wastes

category 4 : Waste sharps

category 5 : Discarded medicines and Cytotoxic drugs

category 6 & 7 : Solid wastes

category 8 : Liquid wastes

category 9 : Incineration ash

category 10 : chemicals used in the production of biologicals

·         Strains used for production of Vaccine:

Measles - Edmonston Zogreb Strain

Typh-Oral - Ty21a Strain

Chicken Pox - OKA Strain

Rabies - Pitts Moore Strain

BCG - Danish 1331

Polio - Lancing, Leon, Brunhilde Strain

Mumps- Jeryll Lynn Strain

Yellow Fever- 17 D vaccine Strain

Hep A - HM175/GBM strain

Rubella- RA 27/3 Strain

Diphtheria- Park Williams 8 Strain

·         DOTS Plus:

IP: KP CEO E

CP: CEO E

·         Secondary attack rare in Chicken Pox & Measles, while common in Typhoid & Pertusis.

·         No carrier /subclinical cases in Measle & Pertusis, while carriers are more imp in M.meningitis & Diphtheria.

·         Salmonella typhi,paratyphi A & C are not Zoonosis while paratyphi B is Zoonosis.

·         CEREALS are deficient in LYSINE and PULSES are deficient in METHIONINE.

·         Influenza more common in WINTER in world, but in india it is more common in SUMMER.

·         HIV sex distribution in world- M:F = 1:7-10

But in india, M:F = 3:2 (as Females are not diagnosed due to TEST STIGMA)

·         POLIO, NNT have time distribution: July to Sep

·         Remember, RUBELLA is not a SEX DISTRIBUTION of Dz.

·         GOITER was PLACE Distribution in india, now it is not an example of place distribution because now we derive our IODINE from SALT and not from SOIL.

·         In the calculation of Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL), denominator is – Popn under 65 yrs

·         Budgeting process that utilizes the scarce financial resources optimally, identifies waste expenditure & helps in rational decision making – Zero base budgeting

·         Insecticidal method of choice for controlling mosquitoes & sandflies during disaster situation –Indoor Residual spraying

·         A large no. of middle aged men with risk factors for IHD join a health insurance plan as compared to young persons with low risk factors. This is termed as – Adverse selection

·         For food-borne pathogens, danger zone of temperature is – 5-60°C

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·         HIV is more common in: <15, 15-29, 30-44, >45

·         Ca CERVIX is not an example of SEX DISTRIBUTION of Dz as it is SEX RESTRICTED Dz.

·         JE cases MC in GORAKHPUR. 90-95%

·         SR>1000 – Kerala (1058) & PUNDUCHERI (1001)

·         Lowest SR india: Daman & Div

States: Harayana, Punjab, Delhi

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·         Montreal Protocol – Production & consumption of ozone depleting compounds in stratosphere are to be phased out

It is believed that if the international agreement is adhered to, the ozone layer is expected to recover by 2050.

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The National Institute of Virology, Pune is India's Premier Virology Research institute, part of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). It was previously known as 'Virus Research Center' and was founded in collaboration with the Rockefeller Foundation.

The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) is situated in New Delhi.

The National Dairy Research Institute or the NDRI Karnal

India's National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), located on the Pune University Campus, is part of the Tata Institute

of Fundamental Research. At Khodad, 80 km from Pune, NCRA has set up the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), the world's largest telescope operating at meter wavelengths.

National Brain Research Centre is a major neuroscience research group, situated in Manesar township of Haryana, India. It is an Autonomous Government Institute accredited with a deemed university status and is a nodal center under Department of Biotechnology of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India