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ways to fight the flu
1. Hand Washing It is the single most effective way of preventing infection. Germs are everywhere and your hands are at the front line. Wash hands before you eat or handle food, and again after blowing your nose, coughing, sneezing, handling garbage or returning home from work. Use proper hand washing techniques. Sanitizer is a good alternative when soap and water are not available. Make sure soap and towels are available to both staff and customers.
defend viruses and bacteria. Eating hearty meals filled with vitamins and nutrients as well as drinking water will help boost your immune system.
5. Cough in the Crook Cover mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. If a tissue is unavailable, cough or sneeze into your elbow. Avoid covering with your hands, but if the inevitable happens, make sure to wash them immediately.
8. Fingers Out When bussing tables, make sure your staff aren’t putting their fingers inside the glasses, or touching the used utensils.
9. Flu Shots Vaccination is a highly effective in preventing the flu, as it is created to fight the new strand each year.
10. Response Plan
Identify where the flu will impact your business: the loss of cus6. Don’t Touch It tomers and employees due to Keep your hands away from sickness, and costs from paid sick 2. Proper Hygiene your face and mouth. Wash days. Be prepared for increases It goes without saying that your hands before brushing your in take-out and delivery services. keeping clean is critical for the teeth or inserting contact lenses. Set up a system that can monitor spread of infection. Hand the health of your employees washing is only a part of 7. Green Cleaning Program and talk to your insurance broker hygiene; showering and having The workplace is a high-risk about a business interruption clean clothes and linens is just infection area, and about 1 in service. Having a plan will make as important. 3 workers are likely to become it easier if your establishment is sick. It is critical to keep work hit hard with an epidemic. 3. Educate spaces clean to reduce the Post signs around the establish- potential of cross contamination. ment for kitchen and dining staff Cleaners that use heavy chemito wash their hands. Remind cals have been linked to growing cleaning staff of the importance health and safety concerns and of disinfecting all areas to reduce there is a shift towards greener the spread of germs. cleaning products. These prodThe flu affects 150,000 people ucts claim to be effective against and is the cause of 30,0004. Eat, Drink, Sleep, & viruses responsible for the spread 40,000 deaths each year! Exercise of the flu. Although not a substitute Regular exercise, meals and for the kill of mold, these products Source: www.flufacts.com sleep have been proven to are suitable for other disinfections.
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