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CDC Quick Reference Guide for Public Information on Infection Control
General Swine Flu Information
Swine Flu Video Podcast: In this video, Dr. Joe Bresee, with the CDC Influenza Division, describes swine flu - its signs and symptoms, how it's transmitted, medicines to treat it, steps people can take to protect themselves from it, and what people should do if they become ill.
Swine Flu RSS feed: Receive automatic updates on Swine Flu from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention right on your desktop or browser.
Flu Information for Children/Parents & Child Care Providers
Ounce of Prevention: Tips and streaming video for parents and children about the steps and benefits of effective hand washing
CDC Free Flu Materials: This year's seasonal flu materials are free for download-no printed versions are available. They may be printed on a standard office printer, or you may use a commercial printer. Emphasis remains on outreach to high-risk groups, as well as parents of all children, health care workers, and people in the workplace.
Prevention Methods
Clean Hands Saves Lives: Keeping hands clean is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others.
BAM! Body and Mind. Teacher's Corner.: In this activity, students will conduct an experiment on washing their hands. They will learn that "clean" hands may not be so clean after all and the critical importance of washing their hands as a way to prevent the spread of disease.
CDC TV - Put Your Hands Together: (Video) Scientists estimate that people are not washing their hands often or well enough and may transmit up to 80% of all infections by their hands
Cover your Cough Posters: Stop the Spread of Germs that Make You and Others Sick! ... Printable formats of "Cover Your Cough". Posters only available as PDF files.
CDC flu information: Stopping Germs at Home, Work and School. Cover your cough or sneeze if you do not have a tissue. Then, clean your hands, and do so every time you cough or sneeze.
Information for Schools & Childcare: Cover Your Cough Materials. View larger image. See the Cover Your Cough page on this site for poster and flyer formatted for use in schools.
Stopping the Spread of Germs: Stop the Spread of Germs Healthy habits at home, work, & school; Printable Materials, flyers & posters, Cover Your Cough, Germ Stopper Poster.
Workplace Planning: Includes flyers and posters, in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Chinese...
Patient Education Materials: This season's materials reflect outreach to high-risk groups, including caregivers and parents of infants...
School Materials and Posters
Germ Stopper Materials
"Be a Germ Stopper" posters and screensavers. Simple reminders for good hygiene for use in classrooms, cafeterias or laminated for bathrooms.
Cover Your Cough Materials
See the Cover Your Cough page on this site for poster and flyer formatted for use in schools.
"It's a SNAP" Toolkit
Program materials to help prevent school absenteeism
Activities for school administrators, teachers, students and others can do to help stop the spread of germs in schools.
Scrub Club
Kids can learn about health and hygiene and become members of the Scrub Club(tm) at www.scrubclub.org. The site features a fun and educational animated Webisode with seven "soaper-heros" who battle nasty villains who represent germs and bacteria. Kids learn the six key steps to proper handwashing through a webisode, handwashing song, interactive games, and activities for kids, and educational materials for teachers are also available to download.
WATER CONSERVATION TIPS
The following tips are excerpts from the North Harris County Regional Water Authority newsletter:
St. Augustine grass has a high "thirst" requirement. St. Augustine grass should be cut at the proper height, 3 inches and reducing the use of fertilizer decreases the need for watering. Experts suggest that grass should be watered separately from flowerbeds and landscaped areas. Use sprinklers - ones that broadcast large drops are best - for the lawn areas, and soaker hoses or drip irrigation systems for trees, shrubs and flower beds.
Know when to water. Look for signs of stress - limp or curled, dull green blades or grass, or footprints left behind after walking across the lawn. In Houston, watering every five days -- to deliver 3/4 to 1 inch of water (subtracting any rainfall) during summer months will wet the sail to a depth of 4-6 inches.
Water during early morning or evening hours when evaporation losses will be less than during the heat of the day. Avoid watering in high winds that might send the droplets to places they are not needed, like streets or driveways.
Don't cut the grass too short. Longer blades will help reduce evaporation and shade the soil. Use a good mulch layer in flowerbeds and landscape areas. This helps to hold down weed growth that can siphon off water from your plants, and helps retain the moisture in the soil. Putting in plants according to their water requirements in your landscape plan can also help you water more efficiently.
Finally, use drip or trickle irrigation - the slow, frequent application of small amounts of water to the soil area directly surrounding the plant roots - to take care of garden and landscaped areas. Drip irrigation can save up to 60% of water delivered by other systems.
| EMERGENCY PHONE #'S
Jefferson County Emergency
409-835-8757
Harris County Emergency Management
713-881-3100
Liberty County Emergency Management
936-334-3219
FEMA National Number
800-621-3362
FEMA Jefferson County
940-383-7231
American Red Cross National Number
800-733-2767
American Red Cross Beaumont
409-729-1717
American Red Cross Jefferson County
409-832-1644
American Red Cross Port Arthur
409-985-7461
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HOW TO USE 9-1-1 WITH THE PHONE YOU OWN
TRADITIONAL, HARD-WIRED LANDLINE PHONES
Provide 9-1-1 calltaker with your exact location, phone number and address.
Landline phones will not work during telephone outages.
Cordless phones will not work during electrical power outages.
ALL CELL PHONES
Dial 9-1-1 and press "send" or "talk".
Give the 9-1-1 calltaker your location using the address, cross streets or landmarks. Most cell phones provide an approximate, but not exact, location to 9-1-1 centers that have advanced equipment.
Calls may not arrive at the correct 9-1-1 center and may need to be transferred.
Keep your phone charged.
The 9-1-1 system is not equipped to receive text messages.
VOIP/INTERNET/DIGITAL PHONES
Be familiar with the emergency calling features of your Voice over Internet Phone.
Give the 9-1-1 calltaker your location and phone number. Some VOIP providers do not provide this information to the calltaker.
Be sure to register your address with your VOIP provider. The address you provide is the location to which emergency help will be sent.
If you move to a new residence, be sure to give your new address to the VOIP provider to ensure help is dispatched to the correct address.
The VOIP phone may not work during electrical or cable outages.
If you travel and want to be able to use you VOIP phone to report an emergency, be sure to give your destination address (hotel/resort, etc) to your VOIP service provider.
KIDS CELL PHONES
Some phones marketed to children have a non-traditional dialing pad. An adult may need to program the phone to dial 9-1-1.
Teach your children to dial 9-1-1 only in an emergency.
Help your children understand what an emergency is by providing examples.
Help your children learn their address and phone number.
INACTIVE CELL PHONES
The 9-1-1 system may not receive location information. Give the calltaker your location immediately.
Call 9-1-1 back immediately if your call is dropped because inactive cell phones cannot receive any incoming calls, including from a 9-1-1 calltaker.
To learn more about 9-1-1, visit the following sites:
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