| | What are non-pharmaceutical interventions as part of a community mitigation? Some community mitigation strategies during a pandemic involve the use of medications (pharmaceutical interventions) and other actions do not involve the use of drugs or vaccines, so they are often referred to as non-pharmaceutical interventions or NPIs by health professionals. The non-pharmaceutical interventions will be our first line of defense in a pandemic. Examples of non-pharmaceutical interventions include: - keeping sick people and well people apart,
- limiting contact between people by closing places where large groups of people gather,
- promoting hand washing,
- covering coughs and sneezes, and
- wearing face masks and respirators.
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