infections
Cryptosporidiosis
Prevention of Cryptosporidiosis
Cryptosporidiosis prevention involves adequate sanitation and hand washing, particularly in health care facilities and day care centers and after contact with soil, animals, or infected people. People should not drink or swallow water that could be contaminated, such as that from a swimming pool, hot tub, water park, stream, river, lake or ocean, or tap water during international travel to areas where sanitation is poor. Safer sex practices are important in preventing infection from anal contact. When public health departments discover a localized outbreak of the disease, they typically advise people to Boil drinking water (including water for toothbrushing and food washing) Eat only cooked foods Avoid unpasteurized milk and juice Tap water filters that use reverse osmosis or have the words "tested and certified by NSF/ANSI Standard No. 53 or No. 58 for cyst removal/reduction" are likely to be effective. Other types of filters may not be. 