<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS<br /><br />Recommendations in this guidance document are based on standard infection control and industrial hygiene practices. They should be implemented immediately in order to protect passengers and crew members from infection and prevent the spread of this virus via cruise ship travel. All cruise ship personnel and passengers should follow the practices and instructions described below to prevent spreading infectious disease and becoming ill. <br /><br />Stay Home If You Are Sick<br />If you get sick, stay home and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them. If you are sick you should not board the ship.<br /><br />Hand Washing<br />Wash your hands often with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth because germs spread that way. <br /><br />Cough Etiquette <br />Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it. If you don&#39;t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve, not your hands. <br /><br />Social Distancing<br />Whenever possible, crew members and passengers should maintain a distance of at least 6 feet between themselves and others. When possible, minimize time spent in the common public gathering areas of the ship.<br /><br />Gloves<br />Crew members should wear impermeable, disposable gloves if they need to have direct contact with ill passengers or potentially contaminated surfaces, rooms, or lavatories used by ill passengers. They should avoid touching their face with gloved or unwashed hands. Improper use of gloves may actually increase transmission. <br /><br />Surgical Masks and Respirators<br />People with symptoms of influenza-like illness should not leave home or travel. Crew members or passengers who develop symptoms of influenza-like illness should wear a surgical mask to reduce the number of droplets coughed or sneezed into the air. Personnel assisting an ill person with symptoms of influenza ideally should wear a NIOSH-certified disposable particulate respirator, rated N-95 or better for which they have been fit-tested in the context of a respiratory protection program. Surgical masks provide barrier protection against droplet and contact transmission of the virus, but they do not protect against inhalation of airborne particles. Droplets are still considered to be the primary route of influenza virus transmission, but airborne transmission can not be ruled out at this time. Disposable surgical masks and respirators should not be reused; once removed they should be discarded.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />Martha thanks great information....