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Given the faecal-oral route of transmission, thorough hand hygiene is the most effective method of prevention.[16] Hand washing reduces auto-infection and transmission to household contacts, especially when food is being prepared or consumed. Children should be discouraged from sucking their thumbs, biting their nails, and scratching themselves. Keeping nails trimmed may also reduce the egg burden on fingers. Sheets and undergarments of infected people should be washed promptly and should not be shaken, in order to avoid dissemination of eggs. Infected individuals should shower every morning, should use a shower rather than a bath, and should not co-bathe with others.[1][16][24]
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