The Flu and You
AtlantiCare takes the health and safety of our community very seriously. We have created this web page as a home for information and updates related to seasonal flu and swine flu. Please click on the links below for more information:
Flu Precautions (Windows Media Player)
Featuring: Rachel Bohs,
Director, Infection Prevention and Control
Flu-related Resources
CDC Seasonal Flu Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seasonal flu web site
CDC H1N1 (Swine Flu) web site: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seasonal flu web site
Safeguarding and Serving
The Veteran's Administration has created a useful guide on pandemic influenza: what you can do to prepare yourself, and what VA is
doing to prepare.
Everyday Prevention and Treatment Tips
The CDC recommends the following everyday actions to help people stay healthy:
- Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
- Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are also effective.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way.
- Try to avoid close contact with sick people. Influenza is thought to spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing of infected people.
- If you get sick, CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them
State and County Government web sites
New Jersey Department of Health
Atlantic County Department of Health
Cape May County Department of Health
Ocean County Department of Health
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