Spread the word, not the germs!

• Wash your hands as often as you can, for example:
  • After using the restroom
  • Before eating, serving, preparing or touching food
  • Before and after tending to a sick person or treating cuts and wounds
  • After handling garbage
• Open and close doors/knobs with tissue/towels or upper arm
• Carry alcohol based hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol, for times when you do not have access to soap and water
• Clean and disinfect surfaces where you eat, serve, prepare, or handle food
• Avoid contact with wild animals
• Keep your garbage cans sealed
• Clean your hands after touching animals
  • Animal waste
  • Make sure your pets get appropriate care their vet
• Do not eat or drink after others (more so, when they are sick)
• Use antibiotics wisely and only when prescribed
  • Read labels and inserts
  • Remember antibiotics do not treat common colds and flu
  • Consider getting the flu vaccine and other vaccinations as suggested by your health care provider

To request a program on seasonal flu or H1N1, or to learn more about other health programs offered through Radford University's Student Health Services, complete the Program Request Form.