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Tips for Preventing Colds & Flu
It's Cold & Flu Season! Tips to Keep Your Family Healthy:
Tips for Preventing Colds & Flu:
- Get a flu shot each year to prevent the flu.
- Wash your hands frequently with soap and warm water, or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
- Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you sneeze, cough, or blow your nose. Quickly throw away used tissues, then wash your hands.
- If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your sleeve/elbow - not into your hands.
- Clean and disinfect surfaces in your home that are touched often like light switches, doorknobs, faucets, and appliance handles.
- Don’t share food, utensils, or beverages with others. Don’t share things like towels, lipstick, toys, cigarettes, or anything else that might be contaminated with respiratory germs.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth. Germs can spread this way.
- Avoid close contact with sick people. Most germs are spread when a sick person coughs, sneezes, or talks.
- Stay at home if you have a cough or fever.
- Wear a mask in a medical office, if asked.
- Always follow your doctor’s instructions and take your medicine as prescribed.
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