Keeping Your Apartment Flu-Free
Ah, the holiday season is here again - the lights, the eggnog, the...
flu! Yep, come December you'll inevitably start to notice your neighbors, their kids, the community managers...
heck, even the mailman...
sneezing their brains out and going through boxes of tissue like they're going out of style.
You've got travel plans for New Year's Eve and can't afford to miss any time from work, so how do you keep your apartment cold-free? For a no-brainer start, how about getting a flu shot? Even if you don't have medical insurance, many pharmacies and community centers offer low-cost immunizations (around $20 usually) during peak flu seasons.
Talk to your apartment community manager and see if they might be willing to host a neighborhood-wide flu shot day in the parking lot.
The less ill neighbors you have, the greater the odds that you can avoid the dreaded bug.
An air filter can go a long way towards decontaminating your apartment, and is also great for removing allergens, dust, etc.
Hand sanitizer is also a helpful weapon in the battle for health, and many brands of tissue now come formulated with a touch of it added to the cloth, making them handy for wiping down doorknobs, phones, the remote control and other germ-spreaders.
Be sure you fully rinse out household cleaning supplies like mops and sponges, which can harbor bacteria with ease.
Finally, and most importantly of all, is to take care of yourself! Wash your hands (a lot) with antibacterial soap and warm water, do your best to get plenty of rest, drink orange juice and green tea as often as possible, eat that chicken soup your mom always recommended, and if you do come down with a cold, do the rest of your apartment community a favor and stay home!
flu! Yep, come December you'll inevitably start to notice your neighbors, their kids, the community managers...
heck, even the mailman...
sneezing their brains out and going through boxes of tissue like they're going out of style.
You've got travel plans for New Year's Eve and can't afford to miss any time from work, so how do you keep your apartment cold-free? For a no-brainer start, how about getting a flu shot? Even if you don't have medical insurance, many pharmacies and community centers offer low-cost immunizations (around $20 usually) during peak flu seasons.
Talk to your apartment community manager and see if they might be willing to host a neighborhood-wide flu shot day in the parking lot.
The less ill neighbors you have, the greater the odds that you can avoid the dreaded bug.
An air filter can go a long way towards decontaminating your apartment, and is also great for removing allergens, dust, etc.
Hand sanitizer is also a helpful weapon in the battle for health, and many brands of tissue now come formulated with a touch of it added to the cloth, making them handy for wiping down doorknobs, phones, the remote control and other germ-spreaders.
Be sure you fully rinse out household cleaning supplies like mops and sponges, which can harbor bacteria with ease.
Finally, and most importantly of all, is to take care of yourself! Wash your hands (a lot) with antibacterial soap and warm water, do your best to get plenty of rest, drink orange juice and green tea as often as possible, eat that chicken soup your mom always recommended, and if you do come down with a cold, do the rest of your apartment community a favor and stay home!
