This winter and spring, organizations and mass transit systems should encourage their employees and patrons to practice the following prevention steps to help reduce the spread of flu viruses:

Get both flu vaccinations; it is not too late. Visit www.CDC/H1N1flu for more information about the 2009 H1N1 vaccine and its availability. Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it. If you don't have a tissue, cough into your elbow. Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are also effective. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs can spread that way. Stay home if you get sick. The CDC recommends that you stay home from work, and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them. Use disinfectants effective against the influenza A virus on hard surfaces, as directed. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency believes that, based on available scientific information, currently registered influenza A virus products “ such as Clorox?® Disinfecting Wipes and Clorox?® Regular-Bleach “ will be effective against the 2009 H1N1 virus and other influenza A virus strains on hard, non-porous surfaces.

Visit www.CloroxProfessional/H1N1 to find products that kill 99.9 percent of germs on hands and surfaces, including Clorox?® Disinfecting Wipes and Clorox?® Hand Sanitizer. Making such products readily-available around your facility can help reduce the spread of germs.

Source: Clorox Company