Helpful tips and resources
Wear a mask
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends wearing a mask in public settings, especially when social distancing is difficult.
Wash your hands
Washing your hands is one of the best ways to avoid getting sick. Check out the CDC’s Clean Hands Save Lives website to make sure you’re doing it right!
Keep your distance
Limiting face-to-face contact with those outside of your household is the best way to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
All households
- Clean hands at the door and at regular intervals
- Create habits and reminders to avoid touching your face and cover coughs and sneezes
- Disinfect surfaces like doorknobs, tables and handrails regularly
- Increase ventilation by opening windows or adjusting air conditioning
Households with vulnerable seniors or those with significant underlying conditions*
- Wash hands frequently before feeding, caring or interacting with household members with an underlying condition
- If possible, provide a protected space for vulnerable household members
- Ensure all utensils and surfaces are cleaned regularly
*Significant underlying conditions include heart, lung, kidney disease, diabetes and conditions that suppress the immune system
Households with sick family members
- Give sick members their own room if possible, and keep the door closed
- Have only one family member care for them
- Consider providing additional protections or more intensive care for household members over 65 years old or with underlying conditions
Source - Centers for Disease Control. What every American and community can do now to decrease the spread of the coronavirus. Accessed March 24, 2020.
Practice good hygiene
- Stop handshaking – use other noncontact methods of greeting
- Clean hands at the door and schedule regular handwashing reminders by email
- Create habits and reminders to help students and staff avoid touching their faces and cover coughs and sneezes
- Disinfect surfaces like doorknobs, tables, desks and handrails regularly
- Increase ventilation by opening windows or adjusting air conditioning
Consider rearranging large activities and gatherings
- Consider adjusting or postponing gatherings that mix between classes and grades
- Adjust after-school arrangements to avoid mixing between classes and grades
- When possible hold classes outdoors or in open, well-ventilated spaces
Handle food carefully
- Encourage students and staff to limit food sharing
- Strengthen health screening for cafeteria staff and their close contacts
- Ensure cafeteria staff and their close contacts practice strict hygiene
Ask staff to stay home if:
- They are feeling sick
- They have a sick family member in their home
Source - Centers for Disease Control. What every American and community can do now to decrease the spread of the coronavirus. Accessed March 24, 2020.
Practice good hygiene
- Stop handshaking – use other noncontact methods of greeting
- Clean hands at the door and schedule regular handwashing reminders by email
- Create habits and reminders to help staff avoid touching their faces and cover coughs and sneezes
- Disinfect surfaces like doorknobs, tables, desks and handrails regularly
- Increase ventilation by opening windows or adjusting air conditioning
Be careful with meetings and travel
- Use videoconferencing for meetings when possible
- If videoconferencing isn't possible hold meetings in open, well-ventilated spaces
- Consider adjusting or postponing large meetings or gatherings
- Assess the risks of business travel
Handle food carefully
- Encourage staff to limit food sharing
- Strengthen health screening for cafeteria staff and their close contacts
- Ensure cafeteria staff and their close contacts practice strict hygiene
Ask staff to stay home if:
- They are feeling sick
- They have a sick family member in their home
Source - Centers for Disease Control. What every American and community can do now to decrease the spread of the coronavirus. Accessed March 24, 2020.
Practice good hygiene
- Stop handshaking – use other noncontact methods of greeting
- Clean hands at the door and schedule regular handwashing reminders by email for staff
- Promote tap and pay to limit handling of cash
- Create habits and reminders for staff to avoid touching their faces and cover coughs and sneezes
- Disinfect surfaces like doorknobs, tables, desks and handrails regularly
- Increase ventilation by opening windows or adjusting air conditioning
Avoiding crowding
- Use booking and scheduling to stagger customer flow
- Use online transactions where possible
- Consider limiting attendance at larger gatherings
For transportation businesses, taxis, and ride shares
- Keep windows open when possible
- Increase ventilation
- Regularly disinfect surfaces
Source - Centers for Disease Control. What every American and community can do now to decrease the spread of the coronavirus. Accessed March 24, 2020.
Get a flu shot
Get a flu shot
The seasonal flu causes thousands of deaths each year. Getting a flu shot now can help protect you and those around you, while keep high-demand hospital beds available for COVID-19 patients. And we’ve enhanced our vaccination processes and our cleaning protocols this year to help you feel safe.
It’s crucial to continue medical care – even during a pandemic
Garth Graham, MD, MPH, Vice President, Community Health & Impact, CVS Health
It’s crucial to continue medical care – even during a pandemic
By Garth Graham, MD, MPH, Vice President, Community Health & Impact, CVS Health; and Oliver T. Brooks, MD, President, National Medical Association.
“COVID-19 has kept people away from the doctor’s office, but at-risk patients must continue regular visits and seek treatment in the event of a medical emergency.”
Read the full article: It’s crucial to continue medical care
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