Yes, it does! Washing your hands thoroughly with soap and water should be enough to keep the influenza virus from spreading. If you can't, then an alcohol-based sanitiser with at least 60% alcohol content should do the trick.
Here's how you should wash your hands:
For further information, Corporate Care recommends visiting Hand Hygiene Australia
Here are 5 good reasons why.
The best way to sneeze and prevent viruses from spreading is to cover your nose and mouth with a thick tissue. If a tissue isn't available, then you should direct the sneeze to your elbow.
Here's a quick list of do's and don'ts when it comes to sneezing and the flu.
Hankies are useful and they lower the carbon footprint as opposed to using a tissue.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Australians consume around 273,000 tonnes of tissue products (including toilet paper) every year.
Hankie Vs tissue is up for debate. Dr Martyn Kirk, an epidemiologist at Australian National University, said that hankies are all that bad when interviewed by ABC Hobart back in September 2016.
According to the Immunisation Coalition, many experts believe that the primary transmission of the flu is when an infected person sneezes or coughs, passing droplets from one person to another through the mouth or nose. The secondary method of transmission is when a person touches an object or a surface that has the flu virus, then subsequently touches his mouth or nose.
There are a number of ways on how you can stop this.
Aitor is a Registered Nurse (AHPRA registration NMW0001159845) with over 19 years experience in General Nursing, Emergency Nursing and Corporate Health. He loves Flu, works with Flu, studies Flu, writes about Flu and ironically, he’s had the Flu.
He is the Lead Nurse Consultant at Corporate Care and a proud member of the Australian National Padel Team.