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It is defined as “ action which halts the progress of a disease at its incipient stage and prevents complications.” The specific interventions are: early diagnosis (e.g. screening tests, and case finding programs….) and adequate treatment.

These preventive stages are primordial prevention, primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention. Combined, these strategies not only aim to prevent the onset of disease through risk reduction but also downstream complications of a manifested disease.

Among the sensible actions you can take: Keep immunizations up to date. Wash your hands often. ... Prepare and handle food carefully. ... Use antibiotics only for infections caused by bacteria.

Prevention and control strategies should mainly be focused on supply of safe drinking water, provision of proper and adequate sanitation facilities, and maintenance of good personal hygiene.

Infection prevention and control (IPC) is a practical, evidence-based approach preventing patients and health workers from being harmed by avoidable infections.

Standard precautions: Used for all patient care. It includes hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, appropriate patient placement, clean and disinfects patient care equipment, textiles and laundry management, safe injection practices, proper disposal of needles and other sharp objects.

It is defined as “all the measures available to reduce or limit impairments and disabilities, and to promote the patients' adjustment to irremediable conditions.” Intervention that should be accomplished in the stage of tertiary prevention are disability limitation, and rehabilitation.

Among the sensible actions you can take: Keep immunizations up to date. Wash your hands often. Washing with regular soap and rinsing with running water, followed by thorough drying, is considered the most important way to prevent disease transmission.