Sharonville Family Medicine

How Do Sneezes Work:

According to Lydia Bourouiba, PhD a professor in the Fluid Dynamics Dept at MIT there is more to a sneeze than we used to believe!

Here is a brief video from Science Friday of Lydia Bourouiba, explaining the behavior of droplets and their role in spreading infection:   Breakthrough: Connecting the Drops

Also here is a link to Lydia Bourouiba’s article “A Sneeze”  published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Remember to follow the Four Principles of  Hand Awareness  (particularly 2 and 3) and help stop the spread of disease.

1. Wash your hands when they are dirty and BEFORE eating
2. DO NOT cough into your hands
3. DO NOT sneeze into your hands
4. Above all, DO NOT put your fingers into your eyes, nose, or mouth

National Handwashing Awareness Week  is around the corner–December 4-10, 2016!  NOW is the time to get YOUR campaign started!  Make sure that YOU have the tools to help “spread the word not the germs” during National Handwashing Awareness Week!

This year’s theme:       “Let’s make Handwashing a Habit!”

A great resource is The Science of Habit, by David Neal,PhD and Jelena Vujcic,MPH ; Neal D, J Vujcic, O Hernandez, and W Wood. 2015. The Science of Habit: Creating Disruptive and Sticky Behavior Change in Handwashing Behavior. Washington D.C., USA. USAID/WASHplus Project.

The 2015 theme was “Handwashing is the new vaccine”* against ALL respiratory and many gastro-intestinal infections!

* Charles Gerba PhD, TED Talk 2009

Why wait until another outbreak in YOUR School system. Coxsackie Virus, Adenovirus and many other outbreaks will start “brewing” over the upcoming holidays! Let us know how we may “lend a Hand”!

Comprehensive Cold & Flu Prevention Triad:

1. Do not touch the T ZONE (mucous membranes of the eyes, nose & mouth)
2. Handwash Regularly
3. Don’t Hesitate to Vaccinate

POSTERS:

In the spirit of continuing the effort to improve community health we are asking you to share these posters with everyone you know.  Family, friends, businesses, schools, childcare centers and communities the world! 

  **To Download your posters today click 

HERE

Posters are available in 20 different languages as well. They were translated by volunteers around the world! If you want another language please help us!

Infection Prevention is EVERYONE’S business!!

Thank you for helping to “Spread the Word not the Germs”!  

The Comprehensive Cold & Flu Prevention Triad:

1. Do not touch the T ZONE (mucous membranes of the eyes, nose & mouth)
2. Handwash Regularly
3. Don’t Hesitate to Vaccinate

Please share with your family, friends, community and coworkers!

FAQ about Flu vaccine:

If I get the flu vaccine does that prevent me from giving myself the flu?

NO, it does not.

Putting your fingers in your eyes, nose or mouth can give you the flu, and many other flu-like viruses. The vaccine is designed to help your immune system “”fight” the flu virus so your body is not overwhelmed.