Tsafta jerin ayyukane da akeyi domin kiyaye lafiya . A cewar Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya (WHO), "Tsafta na nufin yanayi da ayyukan da ke taimakawa wajen kula da lafiya da hana yaduwar cututtuka ." Tsabtace kai yana nufin kiyaye tsabtar jiki. Za'a iya tattara ayyukan tsabta a cikin masu zuwa: tsabtace gida da ta yau da kullun, tsabtace jiki, tsabtar lafiya, tsabtar bacci da tsabtar abinci. Gida da kowace rana tsabtace jiki sun hada da wanke hannu, tsabtar numfashi, tsabtace abinci a gida, tsabtace jiki a cikin kicin, tsafta a ban daki, tsabtace wanki da kiwon lafiya a gida. Mutane da yawa suna danganta tsabta da 'tsabta,' amma tsabtar magana ce mai fa'ida. Ya haɗa da irin waɗannan zaɓuɓɓukan ɗabi'ar mutum kamar sau da yawa don yin wanka ko wanka, wanke hannu, datsa farce, da wanke tufafi. Hakanan ya haɗa da kula da tsaftace wurare a cikin gida da wuraren aiki, gami da wuraren wanka. Wasu al'adun tsafta na yau da kullun al'uma zata iya ɗaukar su halaye masu kyau, yayin da watsi da tsabtar za a iya ɗauka a matsayin abin ƙyama, rashin daraja, ko kuma barazana.