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Guidance from Pima County Health Department

• Letter to Parents from PCHD, Aug. 31 (In Adobe PDF)
  Translation: Spanish
• Letter to Parents from PCHD, Sept. 14 (In Adobe PDF)
  Translation: Spanish

Center for Disease Control

Arizona Department of Health Services

Pima County Health Department

Preventing the Flu: Good Health Habits Help Stop Germs

Take five minutes to talk with your children about the following:

1. Good hand-washing: Teach children to scrub their hands with warm water and soap for as long as it takes them to sing the “Happy Birthday” song slowly or the “Alphabet” song. Children over 5 can also use a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
2. Coughing and sneezing into a tissue or sleeve – not in hands: Germs can spread easily when droplets of spit from a cough or sneeze land on your child’s hands. Be sure to wash hands after using a tissue.
3. Keeping hands away from eyes, noses and mouths: The flu travels into the body through places like our eyes, nose and mouth. Teach your child to keep their hands away from these places.
4. Above all, DO NOT send your child to school if sick.

Prevention Tips - Printable Version: English | Spanish