hygiene

• • Good hygiene practices can kill or limit the growth and transmission of pathogens
• personal

  • regularly and thoroughly washing hands with soap  
  • washing hair and the body thoroughly  
  • cleaning wounds  
  • thoroughly cleaning teeth  
  • coughing and sneezing into tissue, then placing the tissue in the bin  
  • cleaning households, including washing of clothes, towels and bed linen
• community

  • sewage treatment  collection and safe disposal of rubbish  
  • sterilisation and disinfection of equipment, e.g. medical surgeries, swimming pools, agricultural areas  
  • reducing overcrowding, e.g. social distancing
• Clean water

  • water treatment and purification procedures to ensure water quality complies with strict standards and guidelines  
  • Australian Government has established these standards and ensures the water is tested daily
• Clean food

  • guidelines must be followed by food handlers in regards to the storing, preparing and serving of food  
  • e.g. washing hands before and during food preparation, wearing food- handling gloves, cleaning food utensils and surfaces thoroughly, storing food correctly, cooking foods thoroughly and at correct temperatures