MEDICINE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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Cook food
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Wash hands
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Drink well water
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Detailed explanation-1: -Keep immunizations up to date. Wash your hands often. Prepare and handle food carefully. Use antibiotics only for infections caused by bacteria. More items
Detailed explanation-2: -Wash your hands before eating, or touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Wash your hands after touching anyone who is sneezing, coughing or blowing their nose. Don’t share things like towels, lipstick, toys, or anything else that might be contaminated with respiratory germs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Contact Precautions-used for infections, diseases, or germs that are spread by touching the patient or items in the room (examples: MRSA, VRE, diarrheal illnesses, open wounds, RSV).
Detailed explanation-4: -The most important way to reduce the spread of infections is hand washing-frequently wash hands with soap and water, if unavailable use alcohol-based hand sanitizer (containing at least 60% alcohol). Also important is to get a vaccine for those infections and viruses that have one, when available.
Detailed explanation-5: -Nose, mouth, or eyes to hands to others: Germs can spread to the hands by sneezing, coughing, or rubbing the eyes and then can be transferred to other family members or friends. Hands to food: Food to hands to food: Infected child to hands to other children: Animals to people: 04-Oct-2022