When checking the temperature of your facility's vaccine storage unit, you discover that the current temperature is outside of the recommended temperature range in the vaccine package insert(s). which of the following actions should you take upon discovering the temperature excursion?

True or false. mucous membranes secrete mucus that traps pathogens.

Which of the following is characteristic of the lytic cycle? a) viral dna is incorporated into the host genome. b) the viral genome replicates without destroying the host. c) a large number of phages are released at a time. d) the virus—host relationship usually lasts for generations.

A92-year-old man with a 45-year history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is intubated in the icu because of a bout of viral pneumonia that fails to improve after 72 hours of antibiotics. although the inspired fraction of oxygen is 100%, the patient's po2 remains at 57 mmhg. positive-end expiratory pressure (peep) is added to allow the inspired fraction of oxygen. twelve hours after the introduction of peep the patient suddenly become hypotensive. at the same time, his oxygen saturation drops from 92% to 61%. on physical examination, his bp is 80/50 mmhg and his pulse is 124/min. he has distended neck veins and distant heart sounds. which of the following would also most likely be seen on this patient's physical examination? - absence of breath sounds in the right hemithorax- high amplitude carotid artery upstroke- a pleural friction rub- pulsus alternans- splenomegaly