preventative measures
Actions avoiding problems
Steps taken in advance to stop something undesirable from happening.
The phrase appears constantly in contexts of health, safety, and risk management: preventative measures against infection, preventative measures to reduce fraud.
Preventative and preventive are interchangeable, though preventive is more common in technical writing.
- surveillance systemsTechnology for observing activities
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- flu shotYearly illness prevention injection
- emergency drillsPracticed responses to crises
- pollution controlReducing environmental contamination
hygiene · conservation · screening · early detection · background check · lifestyle modification · prophylaxis · public health campaign · social distancing · protective gear · smoke detector · immunization · risk assessment · wildlife protection · peer mediation · flood barriers · waste management · alarm systems
preventative measurescorrective measures
Actions taken to fix problems
damage control · crisis response · emergency response · cleanup efforts · firefighting
preventative measuresneglect
Failure to provide care
inaction · complacency · doing nothing · passivity · negligence
preventative measuresreckless behavior
Actions ignoring potential harm
recklessness · risk-taking · throwing caution to the wind · carelessness · gambling
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