Neutropenia
General Hygiene
• Bathe daily and stay clean.
- Be sure to wash your feet, groin, armpits, and other moist, sweaty areas
- Wash your hands with soap and clean running water for 20 seconds
- Avoid touching eyes, nose or mouth with dirty fingers
- Frequent gentle mouth care with a soft toothbrush
- Avoid anything grown in dirt – it has bacteria on it
- Avoid contact with live plants or flowers (soil and standing water may have germs)
- Don’t clean kitty litters.
- Limit contact with pets (especially litter boxes or bird cages)
• Do not have any dental work done
• Do not receive any immunizations
• Avoid activities that might result in breaks in the skin, such as:
- Use of razor blades (Do not shave your head with a razor, cautiously use a trimmer
- instead)
- Use of rectal or vaginal suppositories, enemas, or douches
- Gardening or cleaning without gloves
- Accidental skin cuts, Needle sticks etc. • DIET
Foods to avoid:
- Uncooked or unclean or raw fruits or vegetables
- Fresh fruits or vegetables (uncooked)
- Raw meats or raw fish or raw eggs, raw milk, raw honey
- Hot dogs, deli meats, or processed meats (unless they have been cooked just before eating)
- Any food that contains mold (for example, blue cheese, including that in salad dressings)
- Frozen or dried fruits
- Anything grown in dirt or anything that may carry bacteria
- Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly
- Avoid eating uncooked food or food that cannot be washed
- Do not eat any cooked food that has been left at room temperature for 2 hours or more
- Check expiration dates on food and do not buy or use if the food is out of date.
- Do not buy or use food in cans that are swollen, dented, or damaged.
- Thaw foods in
• Bathe daily and stay clean.
- Be sure to wash your feet, groin, armpits, and other moist, sweaty areas
- Wash your hands with soap and clean running water for 20 seconds
- Avoid touching eyes, nose or mouth with dirty fingers
- Frequent gentle mouth care with a soft toothbrush
- Avoid anything grown in dirt – it has bacteria on it
- Avoid contact with live plants or flowers (soil and standing water may have germs)
- Don’t clean kitty litters.
- Limit contact with pets (especially litter boxes or bird cages)
• Do not have any dental work done
• Do not receive any immunizations
• Avoid activities that might result in breaks in the skin, such as:
- Use of razor blades (Do not shave your head with a razor, cautiously use a trimmer
- instead)
- Use of rectal or vaginal suppositories, enemas, or douches
- Gardening or cleaning without gloves
- Accidental skin cuts, Needle sticks etc. • DIET
Foods to avoid:
- Uncooked or unclean or raw fruits or vegetables
- Fresh fruits or vegetables (uncooked)
- Raw meats or raw fish or raw eggs, raw milk, raw honey
- Hot dogs, deli meats, or processed meats (unless they have been cooked just before eating)
- Any food that contains mold (for example, blue cheese, including that in salad dressings)
- Frozen or dried fruits
- Anything grown in dirt or anything that may carry bacteria
- Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly
- Avoid eating uncooked food or food that cannot be washed
- Do not eat any cooked food that has been left at room temperature for 2 hours or more
- Check expiration dates on food and do not buy or use if the food is out of date.
- Do not buy or use food in cans that are swollen, dented, or damaged.
- Thaw foods in