You probably thought you knew how to cough and sneeze. Cover your mouth/ nose with your hand or a tissue, right? Wrong, wrong, wrong. A friend at the School of Public Health here at Emory pointed me to a public health video encouraging proper coughing and sneezing technique in accordance with infection control guidelines from the CDC. The basic advice: sneeze or cough into your sleeve. Watch the hilarious video, which demonstrates the various ways of accomplishing this with different types of apparel, and in which contestants compete to get it right.
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1. Posted by Christine on January 17, 2007 @ 19:36 | Permalink
My kids were taught this in preschool. I think the theory is that sneezing in your hands puts germs were they are most likely to be passed on to someone. Just one more example of how everything I was taught in elementary school is now wrong.
2. Posted by Kate Litvak on January 17, 2007 @ 23:10 | Permalink
Does it mean I can finally wipe my nose with a curtain?
3. Posted by Fred Tung on January 18, 2007 @ 7:51 | Permalink
While I'm no expert in these matters, I think curtain-wiping would not be inconsistent with the CDC guidelines as portrayed in the video. Unfortunately, I have blinds in my office. Ouch!
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