Acute viral nasopharyngitis primary prevention
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Younes M.B.B.CH [2]
Overview
Effective measures for the primary prevention of acute viral nasopharyngitis include avoiding close contacts with patients and washing hands regularly.
Primary Prevention
The most effective measures for preventing common cold:
- Avoiding close contact with people having common cold;
- washing hands thoroughly and regularly; and to avoid touching the mouth and face.
- In 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended alcohol-based hand gels as an effective method for reducing infectious viruses on the hands of health care workers.[1] As with hand washing with soap and water, alcohol gels provide no residual protection from re-infection.
- Anti-bacterial soaps have no effect on the cold virus; it is the mechanical action of hand washing that removes the virus particles.[2]
Immunization
- The common cold is caused by a large variety of viruses, which mutate quite frequently during reproduction, resulting in constantly changing virus strains. Thus, successful immunization is highly improbable.
References
- ↑ Boyce, John M. (2002-10-25). "Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings: Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force" (pdf). Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 51 (RR-16). PMID 12418624. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help) - ↑ "The importance of handwashing for your health". Canadian Health Network.