FLU Season

It's that time of year.....Have you gotten your FLU shot???



If you are like me~I don't get it! I'm afraid of needles and have heard that sometimes when you get the flu shot you end up getting sick anyway!




Having said that I thought I would post a few helpful tips to stay healthy.....



1. Wash your hands~this will really help!! You would be surprise how many people don't wash their hands after using the bathroom.


2. Always carry sanitizing wipes with you.....have them in your car, your purse and desk drawer at the office! Wipe off the telephone especially if you have to share! Wipe your hands after using the ATM!



3. At the grocery store always wipe off the shopping cart handle before you touch it! Carry your own pen~don't use the one that the cashier has!! (just think of all of those germs!) If you touch the counter at the checkout make sure you wipe your hands with your wipes!!



4. Don't share drinks~even with family!



5. If you have large family gatherings during the holidays (or anytime) make sure you wipe the door knobs and other things that people might have touched.



6. Teach your children to cough into the crook of their elbow rather than into their hands. Parents do this too!!



Lets try to stay healthy this FLU season!

Please feel free to post other helpful hint!!!



mgf~

I would like to add:



Sneeze into the crook of your arm too.



It is so gross to see someone sneeze and spray saliva and who knows what from their nose when they sneeze without covering up with a tissue or at least a sleeve!

Norene~I like that one!!

It is simular to #6!
Well I guess you do have 2 arms

mgf~

In addition to wipes, we carry sanitizing waterless hand cleaner in the car. This can really come in handy.

I do get the flu shot. You may get the flu anyway, but it won't be near as bad as if you hadn't gotten the shot. I also get the pneumonia shot.

we carry the bottle (or bottles ) of hand sanitizer. My boys are in the habit of using it pretty much all the time. That is partly my fault. I am addicted to the stuff. I have the regular kind and then I have the pretty smelling, hand moisturizing kind from bath and body works. I use way too much of it!



My mom is a cook for a school and she went to a food show and they gave her a mini squirt bottle that clips on her purse and it smells like lemons!!!! I have to get one of those. That kind was even approved for food handlers to use.

that hand sanitizing stuff works great too!! At our office lots of people have those pump bottles of it on their desks.



Oh~Here is a few more good tips!



If you have to use public restrooms use your foot to flush the toilet or a handful of toilet paper!



When washing your hands in the public restroom use paper towels to turn off the water. Also use paper towels to open the door if there is a handle~don't touch the door with your clean hands! (Remember all those people who don't wash their hands!!!)



For your school age children~remind them not to share their pencils, crayons and such. I know this might sound mean but think of those nasty germs!!



mgf~