• Immediately dispose off used tissues in a wastebasket.
   

• If a tissue is not available, sneeze into your upper sleeve (at the crease of your elbow), not in your hands.
   

• Clean your hands after coughing or sneezing with soap and water or with an alcohol-based hand cleaner.
   

• Flu germs can be spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with the virus and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth. Hence avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth frequently.
   

• Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing.
   

• Reducing person-to-person contact via personal greetings e.g. hand-shaking etc.
   

• Visiting of or other contact with unwell people should be avoided wherever practicable.
   

• Minimise hand contact with potentially contaminated surfaces such as handrails, door handles etc.
   

• If you are unwell, do not travel.
   

• Clean your hands frequently.
   

• Use soap and water.
   

• Wet your hands with clean running water and apply soap. Use warm water if it is available.
   

• Rub hands together to make a lather and scrub all surfaces.
   

• Continue rubbing hands for 20 seconds.
   

• Rinse hands well under running water.
   

• Dry your hands using a paper towel or air dryer. If possible, use your paper towel to turn off the faucet.
   

• When using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, apply product to the palm of one hand, rub hands together and rub over all surfaces of hands and fingers until hands are dry.
  
   

This page is updated on Sep 08, 2009