Keep germs from spreading

• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds (long enough to sing "Happy Birthday" twice).
• When hand washing is not possible, use antiseptic hand gels that contain 60–95 percent alcohol.
• Use disinfectant spray to wipe down your phone, keyboard, desk surfaces and high-traffic areas each day.
• Stay at home when you are sick.
• Keep your children home from school or day care when they are sick.
• Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing and sneezing. Throw the tissue in the nearest wastebasket and wash your hands.
• If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into the crook of your arm instead of your hand so you won’t get germs on your hands and spread them to others.
• Stay at least three feet from people who are coughing and sneezing.
• Wash your hands after contact with an ill person or soiled materials such as tissues.
• Ask for a mask if you go to ENMU Health Services, the doctor’s office or the emergency room when you are sick.

For more information, call 575-562-1011 or go to www.flu.gov.