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(4) Unit ministry team members and behavioral health care providers are available to train suicide awareness,
identification, and prevention, and also in applying suicide intervention techniques.
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e. Commanders will solicit consultation and support from personnel and behavioral health care providers.
Commanders should identify these local resources and coordinate services well before they are needed.
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Preventing communicable illnesses
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a. Taking measures to prevent communicable illnesses is important in the contexts of protecting IET Soldiers whose
immune systems are vulnerable; during the annual influenza season; and mitigating risks from communicable disease
outbreaks.
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b. The most important measures in preventing communicable illnesses are at the individual level. In military
organizations, leaders must ensure that these measures are emphasized, enforced, and enabled.
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c. See figure 5-1 for individual measures to prevent communicable illnesses.
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(1) Hand hygiene. This includes washing or sanitizing the hands every time after using the latrine; before
touching food; after sneezing, blowing one's nose, or coughing; and after touching any common surface. Hand
sanitizer is not a substitute for soap.
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(2) Avoiding touching one's eyes, nose, and mouth.
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(3) Not sharing personal items (razors, towels, clothing, etc.).
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(4) Limiting skin-to-skin contact and scratching.
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(5) Keeping wounds covered and clean.
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(6) Coughing or sneezing into one's elbow, not into the hands.
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(7) Soldier will maintain one arm length separation when standing in line if mission will allow.
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d. Leader measures to prevent communicable illnesses are to: