Janus is a keen baseball player at the high school where you are employed as a nurse. He comes to your office and shows you an injury to his knee which he got by sliding into home base, scoring a game-winning run. His knee has a red, raw patch where the skin has been scraped off, and the area around the wound is swollen. Janus tells you that he washed his knee with soap and water to remove any germs and then put a bandage on it.
-Janus' knee infection should be considered an emerging infectious disease, and you should report it to the Centers of disease Control (CDC).

Question

Janus is a keen baseball player at the high school where you are employed as a nurse. He comes to your office and shows you an injury to his knee which he got by sliding into home base, scoring a game-winning run. His knee has a red, raw patch where the skin has been scraped off, and the area around the wound is swollen. Janus tells you that he washed his knee with soap and water to remove any germs and then put a bandage on it. 
-Janus' knee infection should be considered an emerging  infectious disease, and you should report it to the Centers of disease Control (CDC).

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Janus' knee infection is not an emerging infectious disease. It is a common injury that can occur in baseball players, and Janus has taken appropriate measures to clean and dress the wound. Reporting this to the CDC is not necessary.

Janus Is a Keen Baseball Player at the High School