Prevention Tips

Families, students and school staff can keep from getting sick with flu in three ways:

• Practicing good hand hygiene. Students and staff members should wash their hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
  
  
• Practicing respiratory etiquette. The main way that the flu spreads is from person to person in the droplets produced by coughs and sneezes, so it’s important to cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your elbow or shoulder, not into your hands.
  
  
• Staying home if you’re sick. Keeping sick students at home means that they keep their viruses to themselves rather than sharing them with others.