Wash Your Hands! It’s cold and flu season and the easiest way to stay healthy is to wash your hands often and correctly. It’s time to wash hands after using the bathroom, taking out garbage, when changing tasks in food preparation, after working with raw foods, before working with ready-to-eat foods, before or after treating a wound, before and after caring for someone who is sick, after touching an animal, after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing, and after using tobacco. READ MORE