Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease control measures

Posted on October 31, 2009
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Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease prevention and control measures

Hand, foot and mouth disease there is no specific prevention methods, but they can develop good personal hygiene habits, can effectively reduce the occurrence of hand, foot and mouth disease.

(A) Personal precautions

1. Before meals and after hand washing with soap or a liquid such as hand-washing for children, diligence and a bath, drink boiled water, do not drink unboiled water and eating cold food, avoid contact with sick children;

2. Caregivers with children prior to the replacement diapers for young children, have to wash their hands after handling feces and properly handle the dirt;

3. Infants using baby bottles, pacifiers should be fully used before and after cleaning and disinfection;

4. During the prevalence of the disease should not take children to the crowd gathered in public places with poor air circulation to keep the household sanitation, indoor and often ventilation, ground drying clothing;

5. Child-related symptoms appear to be in time to medical institutions for treatment. Home treatment of children, avoid contact with other children, parents must be promptly carried out on children’s clothing drying or disinfected, the disinfection of children with stool in a timely manner; mild in children with no hospitalization, appropriate home treatment, rest, in order to reduce cross-infection.

(B) of nurseries and primary schools and other collective measures for prevention and control units

1. Places such as classrooms and dormitories to maintain good ventilation;

2. Every day of the toys, personal hygiene utensils, tableware and other items cleaned and disinfected;

3. For cleaning or disinfection work (especially cleaning toilets), the staff should wear gloves. Washing hands immediately after work;

4. A day of door handles, stair handrails, desktop, common teaching aids, computer keyboards and other surfaces to wipe disinfection;

5. Education and guidance of children develop good handwashing habits;

6. Daily examine morning newly discovered suspicious children, it is necessary to take timely delivery of the children attending, home to rest measures; pairs of items used by children should be immediately disinfected, faeces and other waste can be used in children 3% bleach soak Chengqing Ye, clothing, home sun exposure;

7. With more children, we must promptly report to the health and education sectors.

8. Outbreak of nurseries and primary schools and other collective units in collective activities should be minimized.

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