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Examining the relationship between the use of vaccines, personal protective equipment, and sanitation and their effectiveness: A review of literature

Presenter Hometown

Lexington

Major

Medical Laboratory Science

Department

Medical Laboratory Science

Degree

Undergraduate

Abstract

In 2020 infectious diseases became a global event with health officials dictating methods to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Infectious diseases are prevented using measures like vaccines, personal protective equipment, and sanitation. To prevent the spread of infectious diseases it is imperative that best practices are used. To determine which preventative measures are most effective I compared the effectiveness at preventing the spread of infectious diseases by looking at peer reviewed studies. In the peer reviewed studies the preventive measures all have shown effectiveness at preventing infectious diseases. The most effective measure at preventing infectious disease is personal protective equipment with the exposures occurring when a mask is used having a cumulative possibility of 5.4%. This is a higher rate of prevention as compared to the other preventive measures like vaccines and personal protective equipment. These results can be used to provide an effective protocol by detailing what preventive measures should be implemented first when an infectious disease is occurring in a population.

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Examining the relationship between the use of vaccines, personal protective equipment, and sanitation and their effectiveness: A review of literature

In 2020 infectious diseases became a global event with health officials dictating methods to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Infectious diseases are prevented using measures like vaccines, personal protective equipment, and sanitation. To prevent the spread of infectious diseases it is imperative that best practices are used. To determine which preventative measures are most effective I compared the effectiveness at preventing the spread of infectious diseases by looking at peer reviewed studies. In the peer reviewed studies the preventive measures all have shown effectiveness at preventing infectious diseases. The most effective measure at preventing infectious disease is personal protective equipment with the exposures occurring when a mask is used having a cumulative possibility of 5.4%. This is a higher rate of prevention as compared to the other preventive measures like vaccines and personal protective equipment. These results can be used to provide an effective protocol by detailing what preventive measures should be implemented first when an infectious disease is occurring in a population.