Get Ready For An
Emergency
Make a commitment to prepare yourself and your
family for an emergency. Gain peace of mind knowing you and your family
will be ready for the unexpected. For your free Get Ready Guide call
1-800-480-2520.
The following guides will help to prepare your
family also:
American
Red Cross-Health and Safety Services
Numbering
Your House
Are
You Ready for A Fire?
Car
Survival Kit
Disaster
Preparedness for Pets
Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning Prevention
NOAA
Weather Radio
Your
Family Disaster Plan
Your
Family Disaster Supplies Kit
What
To Do In A Natural Disaster
Healthy Lifestyle
Power
Up 4 Fitness is
provided by the Logan County Health District in conjunction with Mary
Rutan
Hospital, Hilliker YMCA, and local schools to encourage healthy lifestyles for youth.
For more information about this program call 937-592-9040.
Kids, find out how much you know about a healthy
diet. Play the pyramid game at www.mypyramid.gov.
When you finish, you can print your own certificate and healthy menu
choices. Have fun and enjoy the ride!
Parents, click
here to take a quiz to test how much you know about food.
MRSA Links (Methicillin Resistant Staph
Aureus)
MRSA stands for Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus, a strain of the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria —
often called "staph." Staph bacteria are
found everywhere. Decades ago, some strains of the bacteria
became resistant to certain antibiotics due to a combination of overuse of
antibiotics and genetic changes in the bacteria.
MRSA
Guidelines for Schools
MRSA
Q&A from CDC
MRSA
Prevention Program
MRSA
and athletes
The latest information on Pandemic Influenza is available at:
www.pandemicflu.gov and
www.ohiopandemicflu.gov
Biological Agent Threats
The Logan County Health District follows the protocols established by the
Centers for Disease Control and the Ohio Department of Health. The Ohio
Department of Health and the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention websites have the best State and National information
available.
If any local biologic incidents are confirmed, or if a known threat is
confirmed information will be posted
here.
Food Recalls
Click
here for the latest food recall announcements from the Ohio Department of
Health.
Other Advisories
The latest state and national health advisories
posted at the Ohio
Department of Health and Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention websites.
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