Question

What do you mean by general ways of preventing infection?

Answer 1

Five Things You Can Do To Prevent Infection

1. Clean Your Hands        

Use soap and warm water. Rub your hands really well  for at least 15 seconds. Rub your palms, fingernail, in  between your fingers, and the backs of your hands.

Or, if your hands do not look dirty, clean them with alcohol-based hand sanitizers. Rub the sanitizer all over your hands, especially under your nails and between your fingers, until your hands are dry

Clean your hands before touching or eating food. Clean them after you use the bathroom, take out the trash, change a diaper, visit someone who is ill, or play with a pet.  

2. Make sure health care providers clean their hands or wear gloves.  

Doctors, nurses, dentist and other health care providers come into contact with lots of bacteria and viruses. So before they treat you, ask them if they've cleaned their hands.

Healthcare providers should wear clean gloves when they perform tasks such as taking blood, touching wounds or body fluids and examining your mouth or private parts. Don't be afraid to ask them if they should wear gloves.

3. Cover your mouth and nose.  

Many diseases are spread through sneezes and coughs.  When you sneeze or cough, the germs can travel 3 feet or more! Cover your mouth and nose to prevent the spread of infection to others.

Use a tissue! Keep tissues handy at home, at work and in your pocket. Be sure to throw away used tissues and then clean your hands.

If you don't have a tissue, cover your mouth and nose with the bend of your elbow or hands. If you use your hands, clean them right away.

4. If you are sick, avoid close contact with others.    

If you are sick, stay away from other people or stay home. Don't shake hands or touch others      

When you go for medical treatment, call ahead and ask if there's anything you can do to avoid infecting people in the waiting room,  

5. Get shots to avoid disease and fight the spread of infection.  

Make sure that your vaccinations are current - even for adults. Check with your doctor about shots you may need. Vaccinations are available to prevent these diseases:  

Chicken pox

Measles

Tetanus

Meningitis

Shingles

Mumps

Hepatitis

Flu – Influenza

Whooping cough (Pertussis)

Pneumonia (Streptococcus pneumoniae)

German measles (Rubella)

Human papillomavirus (HPV)

Answer 2

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✨Some general ways of preventing infections are :

$\small\implies{\sf{Prevention\:of\:overcrowding:}}$ It leads to spread of infection, especially contagious and air born. Therefore proper social distancing at public places should be ensured.

$\small\implies{\sf{Sanitation:}}$ There should be proper garbage disposal, sewage disposal, covering and cleaning of drains, spraying of insecticides to provide clean environment.

$\small\implies{\sf{Sterilization:}}$ Patient's surrounding and articles of use should be sterilized. Soap, dettol and antiseptic should be used.

$\small\implies{\sf{Isolation:}}$ A person suffering from an infection diseases should be segregated so that other do not catch it.

$\small\implies{\sf{Education:}}$ People should be educated and aware about the infection diseases so that they may protect themselves.

$\small\implies{\sf{Proper\:and\:sufficient\:food:}}$ Availability of proper nutrients and sufficient food to everyone will make peaple health.