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Tips for Good Hygiene during Cold/Flu Season

Tips for Good Hygiene during Cold/Flu Season. If only Healthy Behaviors were Contagious. Tip 1 - Get a Flu Shot. The single best way to protect against seasonal flu is to vaccinated each fall A seasonal flu vaccination will:

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Tips for Good Hygiene during Cold/Flu Season

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  1. Tips for Good Hygiene during Cold/Flu Season If only Healthy Behaviors were Contagious

  2. Tip 1 - Get a Flu Shot • The single best way to protect against seasonal flu is to vaccinated each fall • A seasonal flu vaccination will: • Help reduce the possibility of getting BOTH the seasonal and Avian Flu • Boost your immunity which will help you in the event of a pandemic

  3. Tip 2 - Wash Your Hands Frequently • Use soap and warm, running water • Keep fingers pointing down under the water • Rub hands vigorously for at least 20 seconds • Dry hands completely using a fresh towel

  4. Tip 3 – Cover Your Mouth! • Cover nose and mouth with a (NEW) tissue every time you cough or sneeze • If you don’t have a tissue then sneeze or cough into your sleeve • Remember…when an infected person breaths, talks, coughs or sneezes, thousands of tiny particles containing droplet nuclei are expelled into the air. • Virus spreads by these droplets

  5. Tip 4 –Avoid Touching Your Eyes, Nose or Mouth • Germs spread when a person touches something contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose or mouth • Flu virus needs to enter the body and get to the lungs in order to reproduce. • If stays on hands – it won’t hurt you! • If it stays on your hands and you touch your eyes – you give the virus a route to enter the body.

  6. Tip 5 - Practice Work-Related Hygiene • At work (or home) – it’s a good idea to: • Keep disinfect wipes and gels handy • Use as appropriate • Disinfect hard surfaces such as phones, desks and computer keyboards • Ensure trash receptacles have removable plastic liners • If not – consider using disinfectant spray

  7. Tip 6 - Stay Home When You’re Sick • Do not come to work if you have: • Chills, shivering and fever (>100.4 degrees) • Onset of muscle aches and pains • Sore throat • Dry Cough • Trouble Breathing • Sneezing • Stuffy or Runny Nose • Tiredness • When you are sick - keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too

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