Communicable disease definition: this is a disease that you can catch from another individual or from a contaminated surface. Some people may se the words contagious or infectious to describe communicable disease.
Diseases can be spread/become communicable as cough droplets from a common cold or flu can be spread into the atmosphere as a person sneezes or coughs. The bacteria from the droplets can be spread from person to person (making the disease communicable) this can lead to the individual within the area to suffer from the same cold as it may have passed on. This could make the disease airborne. This means disease can be spread through the atmosphere. Communicable disease can be known as being infectious as it is passed from person to person. Communicable disease are also known as being contagious, meaning easy to catch from another individual.
An example of a communicable disease could be salmonella poisoning (food poisoning) this disease could be spread from the use of unsafe food preparation/food storage in public kitchens such as a schools canteen. This can include cross contamination from a different food product, causing dangerous bacteria from a raw food product to contaminate another food product. This is dangerous and could cause harm as raw meat must be cooked before consumed. Cooking meat kills off any harmful bacteria that could potentially lead to food poisoning, making the meat safe to eat. Health promotion measures are put in place to to prevent the occurrence of salmonella by raising awareness of food poisoning and stating how important it is for the right food preparation and storage to take place in a kitchen. This is done by advertising antibacterial hand wash and surface cleaner on television to protect people from getting harmful bacteria on the surfaces. This stops the bacteria from spreading as the sanitizer kills bacteria. Awareness of the dangers of food poisoning is raised by putting