Resources

For Health-care Providers

Think Avian Flu! Poster
A poster to remind clinicians to screen patients for Avian Influenza A (H5N1)
Keep Germs to Yourself! (Non-Clinical)
¡No riegues tus gérmenes
A poster encouraging the public to use proper respiratory etiquette at all times, particularly during the cold and flu season in order to contain illness. Designed for clinical and hospital settings, includes general germ containment information.
Keep Illness from Spreading!
¡Evita la propagación de enfermedades! (Keep Germs to Yourself! en Español)
A poster for patients and the public in clinical settings that emphasize the need for respiratory etiquette. Encourages people to keep germs to themselves and the option of receiving a mask from hospital personnel.
Handwashing: Good Health is in your Hands!
Washing your hands is the simplest and most effective thing you can do to reduce the spread of colds, flu, skin infections and diarrhea.

A Note to Health Care Providers...

For Long-Term Care Facilities

• Resources for Influenza Prevention and Control
  This document contains information regarding vaccine ordering, diagnosing influenza via available laboratory and rapid testing methods, using antiviral medications for treatment or prophylaxis for influenza, and roster billing for Medicare reimbursement for vaccination.
• Influenza Outbreak Control in a Long-Term Care Facility
  This document contains guidelines for identifying and responding to influenza outbreaks. It also contains suggestions for preventing future outbreaks from occurring.
• Did You Know...
  This flyer is intended to be given to employees or posted in employee areas as a reminder to receive annual influenza vaccination.
• Get Shot This Season!
  This flyer is to educate facility visitors and volunteers regarding the risk of influenza to facility residents. It encourages them to be vaccinated for the upcoming influenza season.
• We Welcome You...But Not the Flu!
  This flyer is intended to be given to facility visitors at the onset of community influenza activity. It reminds them to be vaccinated and requests they refrain from visiting if ill.
• How to Administer Injections
  Detailed instructions on the administration of both Intramuscular (IM) Injections and Subcutaneous (SC) Injections for various ages.
• Protect Your Vaccines: Check Temperatures Twice a Day!
  This document is a chart for keeping track of vaccine temperatures.
• Keep Germs to Yourself!  
• ¡No riegues tus gérmenes!  (Keep Germs to Yourself! en Español)
  A poster encouraging the public to use proper respiratory etiquette at all times, particularly during the cold and flu season in order to contain illness. Designed for clinical and hospital settings, includes general germ containment information.
• Keep Illness from Spreading!  
• ¡Evita la propagación de enfermedades! (Keep Illness from Spreading! en Español) 
  A poster for patients and the public in clinical settings that emphasize the need for respiratory etiquette. Encourages people to keep germs to themselves and the option of receiving a mask from hospital personnel.

For Schools

Is it a Cold or the Flu?  
A chart listing common symptoms for influenza and the common cold.
Keep Germs to Yourself!
A flyer that can be posted in the school to remind staff, students, and visitors to cover coughs and sneezes, and to wash hands frequently.
¡No riegues tus gérmenes!
This is the same flyer as above, but in Spanish.
Handwashing: Good Health is in your Hands !
Washing your hands is the simplest and most effective thing you can do to reduce the spread of colds, flu, skin infections and diarrhea.

For the General Public

Keep Germs to Yourself!
A poster encouraging the public to use proper respiratory etiquette at all times, particularly during the cold and flu season in order to contain illness. Designed for non-clinical settings, includes general germ containment information.

¡No riegues tus gérmenes! (Keep Germs to Yourself! en Español)

Handwashing: Good Health is in your Hands!

Washing your hands is the simplest and most effective thing you can do to reduce the spread of colds, flu, skin infections and diarrhea.