When flu season comes around, you want to do what you can to prevent its spread in both your home and your office. When it comes to your home, you can hire a housekeeper or you can take care of the cleaning yourself. When it comes to your office, you can also hire a cleaning service or take care of the office yourself if it is small enough for you to handle. No matter how your home and office end up getting cleaned, here are the most important areas for you to focus on in order to prevent the spread of the flu, as well as other types of illnesses:

Make sure all the daily touched fixtures are cleaned

Anything that gets touched every day should be cleaned off properly every day. This means they should be wiped down with a strong disinfectant which will kill germs. This way, a sick person touching these things won't spread their germs to a bunch of other people for days on end. Some examples of the fixtures that you need to make sure are disinfected include light switches, faucets, doorknobs, appliance handles, and anything else that gets touched a lot throughout a normal day. At your office, this can also include printer buttons, copy machine buttons, cash register buttons, and more.

Make sure everyone washes their hands throughout the day

Along with making sure everyone is washing their hands after they use the restroom, everyone should also wash their hands more throughout the day. You should invest in bottles of hand sanitizer that you can set around the house so everyone can use it as they walk by. Also, there should be plenty of hand sanitizer available in your office.

Don't forget to wipe down countertops and tables

You also want to make sure you wipe down all countertops and tables to keep them as free of germs as possible. In an office setting, this also includes all of the desks.

Give everyone personalized water bottle labels

Whether at your house or at the office, you can give everyone their own personalized water bottle labels. The labels will have everyone's own names on them so no one will be drinking out of anyone else's bottles and spreading a bunch of germs amongst themselves. These water bottle labels are also a great idea for birthday parties and other gatherings.

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