PHOP
(Prevention of
covid-19)
PREVENTI ON
What is
Prevention
?In medicine, prevention is an action taken to
decrease the chance of getting a disease or condition.
NCI Dictionary:
PREVENTI ON
Examples
1. Personal Protection 2. Healthcare Equipment 3. Government Role
4. Vaccines
Personal protection
Examples
1. Staying at home
2. Avoiding nonessential travel
3. Practicing social distancing rules
4. Frequently washing hands
Healthcare equipment
Examples
1. Medical Mask &
Respirator 2. Gloves
3. Face Shield
4. Protective Suit
Governme nt role
Examples 1. Early Detection 2. Rapid Isolation 3. Rapid Treatment
4. Vaccination Program
VACCINES
Examples
1. Live-attenuated vaccine (LAV)
2. Inactivated virus vaccine
3. Subunit vaccine 4. Viral vector-based
vaccine
5. DNA vaccine 6. RNA vaccine
References
● Chan, Lawrence W. C., Cho, William C. S., & Tsang, Hin F. (2020, July 12). An update on COVID-19 pandemic: the epidemiology, pathogenesis, prevention and treatment strategies.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14787210.2021.1863146
● Hamblin, Michael R., Lotfi, Melika., & Rezaei, Nima. (2020, May 29). COVID-19:
Transmission, prevention, and potential therapeutic opportunities.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7256510/
● Peck, K.R. (2020, April 25). Early diagnosis and rapid isolation: response to COVID-19 outbreak in Korea.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7182747/
● https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/prevention
