Last week marked the official start of autumn, which means that cold and flu season will be here before we know it. Stay healthy in the leasing office this fall with these five tips.

1. Wash Your Hands
According to the CDC, keeping your hands clean is one of the best ways to help prevent the spread of cold and flu germs and stay healthy. Be sure to lather up with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds several times a day, especially after using the restroom, before eating, and after coughing or sneezing. Keep a bottle of waterless, alcohol-based hand sanitizer at your desk to use when you don’t have easy access to soap and water.

2. Adopt Healthy Habits
Adopting (or maintaining) healthy habits can prepare your immune system to better fight infections. Be sure to exercise regularly, eat healthy and get enough sleep. Plus, remember that stress can make you more susceptible to illness, so do your best to keep it in check.

3. Wipe down Your Desk
Keep a container of disinfecting wipes handy and wipe down your desk, computer area and phone at the end of each day. Encourage everyone in your office to do the same. It’s also a good idea to regularly wipe down printers, door knobs and anything else that is frequently handled.

4. Keep Your Distance
Germs travel in coughs and sneezes, so if one of your coworkers is sick, be sure to keep your distance from him or her.

5. Call in Sick
It’s no fun being sick. But it’s also no fun sitting next to a coworker who can’t seem to stop sneezing or coughing and worrying that you’ll get sick, too. Sometimes, staying home and resting up can be the best path to a speedy recovery – and the best way to keep your coworkers healthy.

What do you do to stay healthy in the leasing office?