AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 1

You can count on your neighborhood United Supermarkets Pharmacy, Market Street Pharmacy and Amigos Pharmacy to help you and your family stay healthy during flu season.

The best way to prevent the flu is to get a seasonal flu vaccine

An annual vaccination is the best way to help prevent the flu. However, even if you get a flu shot, you should follow these steps to help protect you and your family:

Wash your hands often - One of the most common ways people catch colds and the flu is by rubbing their nose or their eyes after their hands have been contaminated with a virus. Wash your hands often, especially:

• before, during and after you prepare food
• before you eat and after you use the restroom
• after handling animals
• when your hands are dirty
• when someone in your home is ill

Routinely disinfect surfaces with soap and water (including toys) - It may also help to wipe the surfaces with paper towels that can be thrown away or cloth towels that can be washed.

Practice "cough etiquette" - Turn your head and cough or sneeze into a disposable tissue or the inside of your elbow if you don't have a tissue. Coughing or sneezing onto your hands will spread germs to everything you touch.

Use a reusable water bottle - Avoid using public water fountains, which may become contaminated with germs, especially during cold and flu season.

Avoid close contact with people when you are ill - Don't go to work, school, daycare, etc., if you are ill with the flu.