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File: aaaag_02.txtPAGE: 2 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 PAGE 03 RHDJGAA0047 UNCLAS 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 PAGE.04 RHDJGAA004-7 UNCLAS 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 PRIORITY PAGE: 2
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