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To minimize your risk of getting and spreading the flu:
- Get a flu shot. Early vaccination offers the best protection against the flu
- Get plenty of sleep, manage stress and be physically active as is appropriate for you
- Drink plenty of fluids and eat nutritious foods
- Wash your hands frequently, scrubbing with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds
- When you can't wash your hands, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth with your hands during flu season
- Avoid contact with people who may have the flu as well as surfaces they may have touched
- If you think you may have the flu, limit the time you spend with others until you're fever-free for at least 24 hours without the use of medicine
- Call ahead to doctor's offices, nursing homes and senor centers to see if they have special visitation restrictions for those who have flu-life symptoms
- Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze, throw the tissue away immediately and wash your hands
- If you don't have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your elbow then wash any affected skin immediately
- If you get the flu, proper care can lessen symptoms and decrease the time you are ill and the time you are able to infect others.
For more information, visit www.flu.ohio.gov.
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