HI
HI ONLY
HI ONLY ON 12 NEWS, FLU SEASON IS FAR FROM OVER.
THE FIGHT USUALLY PEAKS BETWEEN
DECEMBER AND FEBRUARY.
IT CAN LAST AS LATE AS MAY.
AS WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING, IT
HAS BEEN A ROUGH SEASON WITH
NEARLY 17,000 CONFIRMED CASES
ACROSS THE STATE.
MORE THAN HALF OF THEM HAVE
HAPPENED IN MARICOPA COUNTY.
WE ARE JOINED WITH THE TOP FIVE
NASTIEST PLACES WHERE BACTERIA
BREEDS, AND HOW YOU CAN KEEP
YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY
SAFE.>> Reporter: HELLO YOU
GUYS, THE EASIEST WAY TO
PROTECT YOURSELF IS BY GETTING
THE FLU SHOT.
DEEP CLEANING YOUR HOME IS
ANOTHER WAY TO HELP GET RID OF
IT IN GERMS.
WE DO OUR BEST TO DODGE THIS
EVERY YEAR.
EVERY YEAR. LAST YEAR, IN THE UNITED
STATES, THE FLU SIDELIGHT 49
MILLION OF YOU.
>> YOU COME INTO THE HOME, HE
OPENED THE FRIDGE, YOU GET A
DRINK, ALL OF THE TERMS OF
BEING SPREAD.>> Reporter:
HOUSECLEANERS COME FACE TO FACE
WITH GROSS GERMS, HIDING IN
PLAIN SIGHT.
PLAIN SIGHT. ELLEN WATSON SHARED FIVE PLACES
TO TARGET WHEN DEEP CLEANING.
FIRST, DOOR KNOBS AND HANDLES.
>> JUST THE FRONT OF THE HANDLE
IS CLEAN.
IS CLEAN.
IS CLEAN. YOU SHOULD GET UNDERNEATH WHERE
YOUR FINGERS ARE GRIPPING.>>
Reporter: NEXT, LIGHT SWITCHES.
THIS IS SURPRISING, RIGHT?
>> THEY REALLY HARBOR ON LIGHT
SWITCH PLATES.
SWITCH PLATES. WE PUT THEM ON AND OFF.
>> Reporter: IF YOU'RE NOT
CAREFUL, YOUR FAVORITE DEVICE
CAN GET YOU SICK.
>> YOU SET IT ON THE BATHROOM
COUNTER.
COUNTER.
COUNTER. >> Reporter: CLEAN YOUR CELL
PHONES AND IPADS, AT LEAST ONCE
PER DAY.
PER DAY.
PER DAY. >> PHONES HARBOR SO MANY GERMS.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER ONE IS
YOUR CLICKER.
YOUR CLICKER. >> THE REMOTES, WHEN YOU RELAX
AND LAY DOWN, YOU TURN THE TV
ON, YOU MIGHT BE EATING.
MAKE SURE YOU GET THE FRONT,
THE BACK, THE SIDES, AND THE ON
AND OFF BUTTON.
>> Reporter: WHATEVER YOU DO,
WIPE DOWN YOUR TOILET BOWL
HANDLES.
HANDLES.
HANDLES. THINK ABOUT IT, THE TOILET WILL
HANDLE IS WHAT YOU TOUCH BEFORE
YOU WASH YOUR HANDS.
>> THE HANDLE CAN EASILY BE
MISSED.
MISSED.
MISSED. >> SMALL SUGGESTIONS THAT CAN
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.>>
Reporter: OTHER PLACES TO KEEP
IN MIND WHERE GERMS LIKE TO
GATHER, BATHROOM TOWELS.
THE KITCHEN COUNTER, DISH
SPONGES, THE KITCHEN SINK,
TOOTHBRUSH HOLDERS, PET BOWLS
AND TOYS, STOVE KNOBS, AND
BATHROOM FAUCET HANDLES.
BACK TO YOU.
>> YUCK.
>> YUCK.
>> YUCK. BASICALLY EVERYWHERE.
BASICALLY EVERYWHERE. I AM NOT SURPRISED BY
DOORHANDLES.
DOORHANDLES. MY KIDS TAUGHT ME THIS, AFTER
THEY WASH THEIR HANDS AND THEY
ARE ABOUT TO LEAVE THE PUBLIC
BATHROOM, THEY GET A PAPER
TOWEL AND OPEN THE DOOR.
>> I KNOW, YOU PROBABLY SHOULD.
SPINNAKER THAT TOO