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==Secondary Prevention== | ==Secondary Prevention== | ||
Secondary prevention strategies following boils include:<ref name="pmid20420965">{{cite journal| author=Mascitti KB, Gerber JS, Zaoutis TE, Barton TD, Lautenbach E| title=Preferred treatment and prevention strategies for recurrent community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infections: a survey of adult and pediatric providers. | journal=Am J Infect Control | year= 2010 | volume= 38 | issue= 4 | pages= 324-8 | pmid=20420965 | doi=10.1016/j.ajic.2009.11.007 | pmc=2861049 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20420965 }} </ref> | Secondary prevention strategies following boils include:<ref name="pmid20420965">{{cite journal| author=Mascitti KB, Gerber JS, Zaoutis TE, Barton TD, Lautenbach E| title=Preferred treatment and prevention strategies for recurrent community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infections: a survey of adult and pediatric providers. | journal=Am J Infect Control | year= 2010 | volume= 38 | issue= 4 | pages= 324-8 | pmid=20420965 | doi=10.1016/j.ajic.2009.11.007 | pmc=2861049 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20420965 }} </ref> | ||
*Put warm | *Put warm moist compresses on the boil several times a day to speed draining and healing. | ||
*Never squeeze a boil or try to cut it open at home. This can spread the [[infection]]. | *Never squeeze a boil or try to cut it open at home. This can spread the [[infection]]. | ||
*Continue to put warm | *Continue to put warm wet compresses on the area after the boil opens. | ||
*Clean boils and change their [[dressing]] often. | *Clean boils and change their [[dressing]] often. | ||
*Wash hands very well after touching a boil. | *Wash hands very well after touching a boil. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yamuna Kondapally, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Secondary prevention strategies following boils include warm moist compresses on boil, hand washing and proper wound care.
Secondary Prevention
Secondary prevention strategies following boils include:[1]
- Put warm moist compresses on the boil several times a day to speed draining and healing.
- Never squeeze a boil or try to cut it open at home. This can spread the infection.
- Continue to put warm wet compresses on the area after the boil opens.
- Clean boils and change their dressing often.
- Wash hands very well after touching a boil.
- Do not re-use or share washcloths or towels. Wash clothing, washcloths, towels, and sheets or other items that have touched infected areas in very hot water.
- Throw out used dressings in a sealed bag so that fluid from the boil does not touch anything else.
References
- ↑ Mascitti KB, Gerber JS, Zaoutis TE, Barton TD, Lautenbach E (2010). "Preferred treatment and prevention strategies for recurrent community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infections: a survey of adult and pediatric providers". Am J Infect Control. 38 (4): 324–8. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2009.11.007. PMC 2861049. PMID 20420965.