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* 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. | * 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== | ==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]
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.