Wholistic Health
Dis-ease Prevention, Maintenance, and Cure
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Executing preventive protocols can prevent exposure
to dis-eases and is an important phase in preventing
the spread of communicable/infectious dis-eases.
- Washing hands, covering coughs, and avoiding
contacts with others after contracting
communicable dis-ease (e.g., flu, common cold,
etc.) will reduce the transmission.
- Respirators assist against air-borne transmissions
- Wearing appropriate respiratory protection
when necessary is a vital line of defense. In
health care, the N95 filtering face-piece respirator
is the most commonly used. (Source: Pg 2, http:
//www.cdc.gov/NIOSH/docs/2013-
138/pdfs/2013-138.pdf
- Protective Clothing (i.e., long sleeves, long pants,
etc.,)
- Skin Exposures (cover extremities: head, hands,
feet)
- Eye Protection (goggles, snorkeling mask, etc.,)
- Hearing Protection (e.g., earphones, earplugs,
etc.,)
The objective is to minimize contact with foreign
objects and people before they have been
screened/cleansed. Screening/Cleansing consists of:
1. Set-up of 'pre-entry' area enclosed with plastic
(recommended) or large pieces of materials
2. Stepping in container (e.g., large bucket, beer-barrel,
etc.) before and after entering quarantined locations to
clean your shoes/boots.
3. When exiting sterile environment, follow protocol
for covering body, head-to-toe with recommended
clothing/accessories.
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Once a communicable/infectious dis-sease is
contracted, it is important to isololate/quarantine the
patient and take additional preventive precautions
when attending to the needs of the patient.
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Developing cures is a lengthy, sometimes
unpredictable process and there is insufficient time to
observe long-term side-effects; however in urgent
times, it may be necessary to administer
'untested/uncertified' medicines to bring under
control and eventually eradicate the dis-ease(s) being
treated.
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