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Investigate procedures that can be employed to prevent the spread of…
Investigate procedures that can be employed to prevent the spread of diseases, including but not limited to
Hygiene practices
Hygiene practices refer to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness.
Hygiene practices reduce the risk of the transmission of a disease by killing germs and microbes that carry the disease.
Soaps, sanitisers and other hygiene products contain ingredients and chemicals that kill microorganisms that carry diseases. Sanitising surfaces will kill diseases living on them, reducing the risk of transmission (an example of a disease is the coronavirus).
Quarantine
Quarantine can be defined as a state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or have been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.
The implementation of quarantine implies the use or creation of appropriate facilities in which a person or persons are physically separated from the community while being cared for. Possible settings for quarantine include hotels, dormitories, other facilities catering to groups, or the contact's home.
Quarantine is a procedure that is used to limit the spread of the coronavirus, the individual infected with the disease is required to self-isolate. Self-isolating under quarantine measures will limit direct contact of the disease, this limits the spread of the disease.
Vaccination, including passive and active immunity
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Vaccines are made with dead or weakened viruses or bacteria, or the genetic code from viruses or bacteria. This allows vaccines to 'trick' the immune system into producing antibodies.
Public health campaigns
A public health campaign is an effort to persuade a defined public to engage in behaviours that will improve health or refrain from behaviours that are unhealthy. The communication elements of public health campaigns reflect four critical elements. First, campaigns are strategic and organised efforts.
Public health campaigns prevent the spread of disease by educating the general public on the disease, so they are better able to protect themselves.
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Use of pesticides
Pesticides can be defined as a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals.
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Genetic engineering
Genetic engineering is the deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material.
The genetic engineering process of gene therapy is used to alter genes inside the body in an effort to treat of stop diseases.
Viruses are able to be genetically modified to help a certain organism "fight the virus", this is done by boosting immune cells to make more effective antibodies, this is especially useful when vaccines fail.