5. Achievements & benefits
◦ Low cost treatment
◦ Treatment of the patient in their own homes
◦ Ingredients are inexpensive and readily available
◦ Drinking water is sufficient (no need for boiling or other means of sterilization)
◦ Breakthrough in the fight against cholera and other diarrheal diseases
◦ Mortality rate in cholera has been reduced to 0.11% from 49.3%.
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7. Ways to prepare ORS.
◦ With ORS sachet.
◦ With salt and sugar.
8. How to prepare ORS with packets.
Wash hands with soap and clean water.
Pour all the powder from one sachet of ORS into a clean container that will hold at least one litre
of liquid.
Follow the instructions on the packet to find out how much water is needed to dilute the contents
of each packet.
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11. With salt and sugar.
◦ To make your own ORS drink, wash your hands with soap and water and grab a clean pitcher
or bottle.
◦ Mix together ½ teaspoon (about 2 g) of table salt.
◦ 2 tablespoons (25 g) of granulated sugar in your container, then add 1 liter (about 4 cups) of
clean drinking water..
◦ Add 2-3 drops of lemon for flavour.
◦ Then, stir it well.
◦ ORS solution is prepared.
