Guest guest Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 misybailey1@... wrote: >...Does she teach the children in her care to cover their mouths when they cough or sneeze, and always wash >their hands after, as well as prior to eating? ... > The above comment made me think of an important point. Covering your mouth with your hand to cough is a prime way to spread germs as it contaminates the hand and then the hand spreads the germs to items it touches ... the next people who touch the same items pick up the germs, etc. My son had a grade two teacher who considered this and kindly said she would teach everyone in the class to cough into their armpit. It is fairly easy when one has to cough to lift the arm and put one's mouth towards it so that the germs are sent into the shoulder/armpit area. This is not an area we use for direct contact with most places so seems logical that this method of " covering the mouth " with the armpit would help contain the spread of germs. M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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