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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Effective measures for the primary prevention of acute viral nasopharyngitis include avoiding close contacts with patients and washing hands regularly. | Effective measures for the primary prevention of acute viral nasopharyngitis include: avoiding close contacts with patients, and washing hands regularly. | ||
==Primary Prevention== | ==Primary Prevention== | ||
The most effective measures for preventing common cold include: | The most effective measures for preventing common cold include: | ||
* Avoiding close contact with people | * Avoiding close contact with people involving in common cold. | ||
* Washing hands thoroughly and regularly; and to avoid touching | * [[Hand washing|Washing hands]], thoroughly and regularly; and to avoid touching mouth and face. | ||
* In 2002, the [[Centers for Disease Control|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.<ref name="pmid12418624">{{cite journal| author=Boyce JM, Pittet D, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force| title=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. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America/Association for Professionals in Infection Control/Infectious Diseases Society of America. | journal=MMWR Recomm Rep | year= 2002 | volume= 51 | issue= RR-16 | pages= 1-45, quiz CE1-4 | pmid=12418624 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12418624 }} </ref> As | * In 2002, the [[Centers for Disease Control|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.<ref name="pmid12418624">{{cite journal| author=Boyce JM, Pittet D, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force| title=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. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America/Association for Professionals in Infection Control/Infectious Diseases Society of America. | journal=MMWR Recomm Rep | year= 2002 | volume= 51 | issue= RR-16 | pages= 1-45, quiz CE1-4 | pmid=12418624 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12418624 }} </ref> As [[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.<ref>{{cite web | * Anti-bacterial soaps have no effect on the cold virus; it is the mechanical action of hand washing that removes the [[virus]] particles.<ref>{{cite web | ||
| publisher = Canadian Health Network | | publisher = Canadian Health Network | ||
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=== Immunization === | === Immunization === | ||
* The common cold is caused by a large variety of [[viruses]] | * The common cold is caused by a large variety of [[viruses]], mutate quite frequently during reproduction; resulting in constantly changing virus strains. Thus, successful [[immunization]] is highly improbable. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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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 include:
- Avoiding close contact with people involving in common cold.
- Washing hands, thoroughly and regularly; and to avoid touching 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 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, mutate quite frequently during reproduction; resulting in constantly changing virus strains. Thus, successful immunization is highly improbable.
References
- ↑ Boyce JM, Pittet D, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force (2002). "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. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America/Association for Professionals in Infection Control/Infectious Diseases Society of America". MMWR Recomm Rep. 51 (RR-16): 1–45, quiz CE1-4. PMID 12418624.
- ↑ "The importance of handwashing for your health". Canadian Health Network.