How can you lower your risk for
infection? There are recommended prevention strategies, including the
following.
1. Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds to avoid contamination from other people’s hands, door handles, table surfaces, and so on. Note: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends using hand sanitizers with at least 60 percent alcohol when you are unable to wash your hands.
2.
Avoid touching your face, eyes, nose, and
mouth, or putting inanimate objects in your mouth such as pens and pencils or
sharing eating utensils or drinking glasses.
3.
Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
Send a text or email or chat by phone. If someone is sick in your own home, ask
them stay in their own room as much as possible, away from other family
members. Stay at home if you are sick and take precautions to avoid sharing
your germs with other people and pets. If you have pets, wash your hands after
touching them, and keep them away from your face to avoid their licking. More tomorrow
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