strategy
Reducing incidence of respiratory infections
Implementation:
The US Naval Health Research Center implemented Operation Stop Cough at a Naval training centre where 40,000 recruits were ordered to wash their hands at least five times daily. After a one-year period, researchers reported a 45% reduction in respiratory illnesses when compared to the year before Operation Stop Cough was implemented. Broader:
Reducing incidence of infections Facilitated by:
Imaging respiratory systemEducating about respiratory illnessPromoting basic respiratory researchProviding access to treatment for acute respiratory infections Problems:
Diseases of the respiratory systemValues:
Infection Subjects:
Medicine → PathologyMedicine → Respiratory system
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies