Seasonal Flu Information for Workplaces & Employees
The single best way to prevent seasonal flu is to get vaccinated each fall, but good health habits and antiviral medications are other measures that can help protect against the flu.
To help educate workplaces and their employees on these strategies for preventing flu, CDC provides the following flyers, posters, and other materials to post and distribute in the workplace.
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Materials for Workplaces to Share With Their Employees
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Take 3 Steps to Fight the Flu
CDC poster urges to vaccinate, stop germs, and take antiviral drugs to protect yourself and others against the flu.
- Germstopper
Includes easy-to-understand information about how germs spread and how to stop them. Guidance and downloadable posters make it easy to promote infection control practices.
- Cover your cough
How to help stop the spread of germs. Print posters for healthcare settings developed by the Minnesota Department of Health.
- Clean Hands Save Lives!
CDC handwashing campaign (including a free, downloadable poster and flyer) promoting hand hygiene.
- CDC Flu Prevention Toolkit: Real People, Real Solutions
While vaccination is the best way to prevent the flu, this Web site provides tips on additional ways to protect yourself and others from colds and flu when vaccination is not possible. All print materials and graphics are available for download, are available in English and Spanish, and can accommodate additional logos.
- Ounce of Prevention
Campaign developed by CDC in partnership with Reckitt Benckiser, Inc., the makers of LYSOL® Brand Products. Includes a downloadable poster and brochure that provide health educators and consumers with useful tips on preventing infectious diseases. Aimed at a broad consumer and professional audience, the campaign provides links to other resources about handwashing, cleaning and disinfection, and other easy-to-follow steps to develop and maintain successful hand hygiene and cleaning practices.
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2008-2009 Flu Materials
CDC's educational materials for the flu season.
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Additional Resources for Workplaces & Employees
- Key Facts About the Flu
Symptoms, what to do if you get sick…
- Preventing the Flu
Flu vaccine, stopping germs…
- Flu Activity
Flu activity by state
- Avian Flu
Background info on flu viruses that infect birds and the risk to humans
- Smoking and the Flu
Some studies show that smokers are more likely to get the flu, & there is a higher mortality rate from the flu among smokers than among nonsmokers
