• Use gloves when gardening, particularly when handling soil – wash hands thoroughly afterwards with soap and hot water.
  • Avoid eating raw or undercooked meat or cured meats like salami or Parma ham.
  • Wash hands before and after handling food.
  • Wash all kitchenware thoroughly after preparing raw meat.
  • Wash all fruit and vegetables before eating them, including pre-prepared salads.
  • Avoid drinking unpasteurised goat's milk or eating products made from it.
  • Avoid cat faeces in cat litter or soil – avoid changing litter, if not possible gloves should be worn when emptying a cat's litter tray and wash hands thoroughly afterwards - trays should be emptied every day.
  • Give cats dried or canned cat food rather than raw meat to ensure they don't eat any infected meat.
  • Cover a child's sandpit to stop cats using it as a litter box.
  • Avoid coming into contact with pregnant sheep and newborn lambs during the lambing season as there's a small risk an infected sheep or lamb could pass the infection on at this.

 

Editorial Information

Last reviewed: 30/09/2021

Next review date: 30/09/2025

Author(s): West of Scotland Managed Clinical Network for Sexual Health Clinical Guidelines Group .

Version: 3.1

Approved By: West of Scotland Managed Clinical Network in Sexual Health