| |
| IV. |
Community health
workers manual for management of gastroenteritis |
22 |
|
A. How
to recognise GE?
|
22 |
|
B. How
to distinguish diarrhoea and dysentery?
|
22 |
|
C. Treatment
of GE
|
22 |
| D. Preparation
of GAS solution |
24 |
E. What
a health worker should do when packets of GAS are not
available. |
24 |
| F.
Antibiotic treatment for dysentery |
26 |
| G.
When to refer a case to doctor/ hospital |
26 |
| H.
Informing public health authorities about GE outbreak |
28 |
| I. Prevention
of diarrhoea |
28 |
| J. What
health workers can do to support preventive measures |
29 |
| |
| V. |
Prevention, Control and
Management of gastroenteritis Role of the Primary Health
Centre and the Municipal Health Office |
31 |
|
A. Surveillance
of drinking water quality
|
31 |
|
B. Surveillance
of food quality
|
34 |
C. Promoting
usage of latrines and development of sewerage
systems
|
35 |
| D. Early detection of impeding GE outbreak |
35 |
| E. Medical preparedness for GE |
36 |
| F. Notification of GE outbreak |
38 |
| G. Training and support to health workers |
39 |
H.
Information, education and communication with the community
and
handling of the news media |
39 |
| I. Role
of vaccination in control of GE |
40 |
| |
| VI. |
Epidemiological investigation of
gastroenteritis outbreaks |
43 |
|
A. Purpose of
assessment
|
44 |
|
B. Conducting
the assessment
|
44 |
|
C. Confirming
an outbreak of acute diarrhoeal disease
|
44 |
D. Defining
the area of the epidemic and the population involved
in
risk. |
46 |
| E.
Parallel control measures |
47 |
| F.
Collecting information on a representative sample of cases |
47 |
| G.
Assessing the impact on health |
48 |
| H.
Case studies of GE outbreaks |
48 |
| |
| VII. |
Water and food quality testing and
public health laboratory facilities in Andhra Pradesh |
52 |
|
A. Tests for
water quality
|
52 |
|
B. Tests for
food quality
|
59 |
|
C. Public
health laboratory facilities in the state
|
61 |
| D. Panchayat
raj water quality monitoring labs |
63 |
| E.
Private water testing facilities in Hyderabad. |
64 |
| F. Food
testing laboratories in the state |
65 |
| |
| VIII. |
Food hygiene: Caterers and
food handlers manual |
66 |
|
A. Hygeine of
the food preparation premises
|
66 |
|
B. Hygienic
food handling
|
68 |
|
C. Personal
hygiene of food handlers
|
69 |