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PRIORITY
APPPROPRIATE WORK REST CYCLES EMPLOYED. TO AVOID DEHYDRATION WATER
INTAKE MUST BE MONITORED AND ENFORCED. SKIN PROTECTION OF EXPOSED
PARTS OF THE BODY NECESSITATES THE USE OF SUNSCREEN WITH SUNSCREEN
PROTECTION FACTOR (SPF) 15 OR GREATER. - HOT CLIMATE LIPSTICK
ANTI-CHAP WITH SUNSCREEN WILL BE USED FOR LIP PROTECTION. EYE
PROTECTION WILL REQUIRE THE USE OF SUNGLASSES GOGGLES (NOTE
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INEXPENSIVE SUNGLASSES FILTER AS MUCH RADIATION AS DO EXPENSIVE
SUNGLASSES, SO BUY TWO PAIRS OF THE FORMER RATHER THAN 0NE PAIR OF
THE LATTER WHEN DEPLOYING) - HEAD COVER WILL DE UTILIZED.
B. PERSONAL HYGIENE
ENTERIC DISEASES SUCH AS DIARRHEA AND HEPATITIS ARE EASILY SPREAD
DURING FIELD CONDITIONS. THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS TO PREVENT SUCH
DISEASES IS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TO WASH THEIR HANDS FREQUENTLY,
ESPECIALLY FOLLOWING USE OF LATRINES. HAND WASHING FACILITIES WILL
BE PROVIDED WITH SOAP AND WATER ALWAYS AVAILABLE NEAR LATRINEE.
C. WATER QUALITY
WATER FROM MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED NONPOTABLE UNLESS
APPROVED BY U.S. MILITARY MEDICAL AUTHORITIES. ALL WATER WILL BE
TREATED PRIOR TO USE. IF POTABILITY IS QUESTIONABLE AND REQUIRES
PURIFICATION BY INDIVIDUALS, USE GLOBALINE OR HALOZONE TABLETS IN
CANTEENS (OR FOUR DROPS OF BLEACH) AND WAIT 30 MINUTEE PRIOR TO
CONSUMPTION.
D. ENTERIC DISEASE PREVENTION
(1) THIS ISSUE IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO REDUCE
THIS RISK OF INFECTIOUS GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES, WHICH PRESENT THE
SINGLE, LARGEST INFECTIOUS THREAT TO DEPLOYED FORCE IN THIS REGION OF
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THE AOR.
(2) PERSONNEL SHOULD BE CAUTIONED TO AVOID FOOD FROM LOCAL
VENDORS.
(3) ANY ISSUES ARISING WHICH INVOLVE "TURF BATTLES" BETWEEN
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE UNITS AND OTHER UNIT PERSONNEL SUCH AS, HOSPITAL MESS INSPECTORS, WILL BE BROUGHT IMMEDIATELY TO THE ATTENTION OF THE
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