When you travel it is important to keep an eye out for hygiene: hygiene gel, special soap, or water desinfectant are sometimes necessary. The water quality is not everywhere up to standard. If you are not careful, you can get a stomach or intestinal infection, travellers’ diarrhea, or it gets even worse: dehydration. Care Plus® has a range of products which will help improve your hygiene and protect your health during your trip.
Hygiene during your trip consists of three aspects
- Personal hygiene
- Food hygiene
- Water hygiene
Personal hygiene during the trip
Every measure that you can take in order to take care of yourself is considered Personal Hygiene. Actions like washing hands, brushing teeth, but also care of wounds and precautions with sexual contact.
Food hygiene during the trip
Every measure that you can take in order to take care of your food is considered Food Hygiene. You have to be critical when selecting and inspecting your food, and you also have to take the right food supplements in order to prevent shortages.
Water hygiene during the trip
To drink from the water tap is not a problem at all in Western Europe and North America. However, when you are outside these regions, you have to take precautions to make the water drinkable. There is a chance that the water is infected. The micro-organisms in the water can cause infectious diseases, particularly in the stomach and the intestines. The most common problem is diarrhea. There are several methods to make the water drinkable:
- Boil the water (kills all micro-organisms)
- Desinfect it with chloride or iodide (kills bacteria and viruses)
- Microfiltration (kills protozoas and bacteria, depends on the filter)
Care Plus has a range of products for personal hygiene, water treatment, and against dehydration.