sanitary measures
Disease prevention steps
Sanitary measures are precautions taken to protect public health and prevent disease.
The term typically refers to official actions—quarantines, disinfection protocols, waste disposal requirements, water treatment standards: The city implemented sanitary measures after the outbreak.
In international trade, sanitary measures regulate food safety and animal health to prevent contamination crossing borders.
- face masksNose and mouth coverings
- handwashingCleaning palms with soap
- clean handsFreedom from wrongdoing
- hand sanitizersGerm-killing topical cleaners
- deep cleaningIntensive, comprehensive sanitation
soap and water · sewage treatment · lockdown · vaccination campaigns · contact tracing · hospitals · garbage collection · safe disposal · sterilization · disinfection · quarantine procedures · border controls · clinics · epidemiology · water purification · disease prevention · air filtration · hazardous waste disposal
- trade policytariff, free trade, quotas, protectionism, sanctions
- biosecuritydisease prevention, disease control, pest management, biosafety, fumigation
- farm hygienebarn cleaning, biosecurity, cleaning, disinfection, hygiene protocols
- trade lawtrade law, trade regulations, trade laws, trade treaties, commercial law
- global healthdisease, pandemic, World Health Organization, medications, pandemics
- quarantinemandatory quarantine, quarantine period, quarantine facilities, quarantine laws, quarantine stations
sanitary measurescontamination
Introduction of impurities
pollution · filth · squalor · uncleanliness · fouling
sanitary measuresdisease vectors
Organisms spreading pathogens between hosts
health code violations · health hazards · biohazards · contagion · disease transmission