Your telephone is a common culprit in the spread of germs and virus and colds in the office environment. The H1N1 is believed to be spread person to person mainly through coughing and sneezing. The telephone handset is often overlooked but consider the number of times you’ve coughed or sneezed into your handset while on a call. Also consider the number of telephones where more than one person uses the handset.

An ounce of prevention is in order. During this H1N1 flu season take the time to daily wipe the handsets of your telephones, particularly those in public places like conference rooms, break rooms, copier rooms and waiting areas. An antibacterial wipe works best and no, you won’t harm the handset. If you use a headset, we don’t suggest sharing with anyone for this same reason. A good way of thinking of this is to compare this to washing your hands.

Stay health this winter!