Stop the Winter Woes before they start!
Absenteeism rates increase during winter - colds and flu are shared round the workplace, the days are short and cold, and the temptation to stay indoors (and unfortunately share the germs!) is great.
So why not provide a little preventative medicine for staff? Education remains the most effective method of preventing the spread of cold and flu germs in (and out of) the workplace, and an application early in the cold and flu season could see your workplace sailing through winter with barely a sniffle.
We've got 7 great ideas to help you make your workplace winter-well!
Check them out!
- Winter Wellness Booklet (one of our best-selling educational tools)
- Winter Wellness Poster range (increasing all the time!)
- Winter Health Packs (get the winter health message across)
- Winter Health Seminars (in 3 different flavours!)
- Flu Vaccinations (a winter favourite)
- Colds, Flu and You Brochures (brand new! check them out)
- Colds, Flu and You miniposter/mousemat (a versatile new product)
 1) The Winter Wellness Booklet
Helps employees understand the nature of colds and flu, and clarify confusion surrounding prevention methods such as vaccination, healthy diet and proper hygiene.
What's in the booklet? It's got practical prevention strategies, step-by-step treatment tips, healthy checklists and more in 12 information packed pages. Credible, reliable and understandable advice with entertaining full colour sketches, this booklet promotes proper hygiene and winter wellness in a way that will reach all staff. 2) The Winter Wellness Poster Range
 Fight the Cold War
Help your staff fight the cold war this flu season by reminding them with this colourful and informative poster.
 Defend Yourself
Aid your staff in maintaining their immune system and fending off colds and flu. This bright poster will inform and motivate staff about staying healthy this flu season.
 Wash Your Hands
A quick reminder for all employees on how to kill cold and flu germs by washing their hands properly. Perfect for a bathroom or kitchen area.
 Don't Be the Fifth Guy A reminder of hand hygiene with a quirky fact to make the message stick.
 Ten Ways to Stay Well in Winter
Ten easy to implement tips on an eye-catching poster. (also available in A5 miniposter/mousemat)
 Stop Germs Spreading
A poster with a simple message that outlines five ways to stop germs spreading.
With an increasing selection, winter wellness posters emphasise proper hygiene and health protection strategies to keep workers safe. All posters can be made available in any sizing.
And if you don't see the message you'd like to convey, we're happy to work with you to come up with a design that is right for you.
3) Winter Health Packs
 If you're looking for something a little different that will get staff talking and paying attention to the winter health message, provide them with a Winter Health Pack.
These packs include
- Educational material (the Winter Wellness booklet OR our new Colds, Flu & You brochure and mini-poster set),
- Herbal tea*
- Cough lozenges
- Hand sanitiser and
- Kleenex tissues.
We can adjust any or all inclusions according to your specifications. Some of our clients have previously requested thermometers and facemasks.
*note - subject to availability
*note - tea flavour may vary from one pictured.
4) Winter Health Seminars - online or in-person
 Ask us about our seminars on winter health. Our expert presenters will provide winter health information in an engaging and informational seminar which will leave participants ready to tackle any problems winter can throw at them.
We also have a "Do-It-Yourself" Winter Health Seminar Kit available - it includes all the information required to present your own seminar on winter health to staff both local and far-flung. You can have the information presented by the OHS representative at any number of your organisation's sites, whenever you choose.
And we now have a special online version which staff ANYWHERE can watch at their leisure! Our e-Vision Winter Health seminar is an experience jam-packed with information on keeping healthy this winter. It consists of 5 short segments, each covering an aspect of winter health, presented in a light, engaging style with animation and friendly voiceover text. Every viewer also has the chance to enter a prize draw. Check out a sample bite here! (it's non-fattening, honest!)
5)Flu Vaccinations
Flu vaccinations are also available. However vaccinations for 2010 are closed. We're now taking enquiries for 2011. Get in early and enquire below today! If you've missed out this year, why not consider educating employees with some of our other winter health options? Remember, the shot in the arm is just one part of a succesful winter health strategy that will reduce absenteeism.
 6)Colds, Flu and You Brochures
Because our Winter Wellness booklets are so popular, we've created a new educational tool for our clients. This pair of brochures covering Cold and Flu prevention and recovery strategies are some of our latest publications. A quick easy read, the brochures are nonetheless packed with information about staying well this winter, presented in the colourful, engaging Healthworks® style.
7) Ten Ways to Stay Well MiniPoster/Mousemat
This miniposter can double as a mousemat, making the winter wellness message twice as likely to get across! Printed on durable plastic, this A5 poster can be pinned to a cubicle wall or used on a desk. Either way, the message will always be in view.
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