If a large proportion of Interpret graph showing primary Evaluate risk in relation to the population is and secondary response to a practical design and data immune to a pathogen, pathogen (ABPI site). review to avoid bias. the spread of the Consider the actions of Dr Evaluate risks related to pathogen is very much Wakefield and the MMR vaccine. vaccinations. reduced. Role play whether to give your child vaccinations. Interpret data about vaccination rates and reported cases of diseases, eg whooping cough, MMR. Spain has had its first case of diphtheria in nearly 30 years – additional example. 4.3.1.8 Antibiotics Explain how antibiotics 2 Describe the importance of Understand how scientific treat only bacterial antibiotics and the impact of methods and applications Antibiotics, eg diseases and how this antibiotic resistance. Explain how develop over time. Evaluate penicillin, are used to has saved lives. this has impacted on cleaning personal, social and kill infective bacteria practices in Britain’s hospitals. economic implications of inside the body. Describe the problems Research MRSA and C. difficile antibiotics. associated with antibiotic Specific bacteria infections and treatment. resistance. See 4.6.3.4 should be treated with Suggest what patients, doctors specific antibiotics. Explain the difficulty in and scientists should do to developing drugs that kill The emergence of ensure we will have effective viruses without damaging strains resistant to antibiotics in the future. body tissues.
If a large proportion of the population is immune to a pathogen, the spread of the pathogen is very much reduced. Interpret graph showing primary and secondary response to a pathogen (ABPI site). Consider the actions of Dr Wakefield and the MMR vaccine. Role play whether to give your child vaccinations. Interpret data about vaccination rates and reported cases of diseases, eg whooping cough, MMR. Spain has had its first case of diphtheria in nearly 30 years – additional example. Evaluate risk in relation to practical design and data review to avoid bias. Evaluate risks related to vaccinations. 4.3.1.8 Antibiotics Antibiotics, eg penicillin, are used to kill infective bacteria inside the body. Specific bacteria should be treated with specific antibiotics. The emergence of strains resistant to Explain how antibiotics treat only bacterial diseases and how this has saved lives. Describe the problems associated with antibiotic resistance. See 4.6.3.4 Explain the difficulty in developing drugs that kill viruses without damaging body tissues. 2 Describe the importance of antibiotics and the impact of antibiotic resistance. Explain how this has impacted on cleaning practices in Britain’s hospitals. Research MRSA and C. difficile infections and treatment. Suggest what patients, doctors and scientists should do to ensure we will have effective antibiotics in the future. Understand how scientific methods and applications develop over time. Evaluate personal, social and economic implications of antibiotics.
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