Safety guide: planning a safe holiday trip in the wake of the tripledemic.

It is the holiday season, and everyone can't seem to wait for their vacation trips to start. While holiday travel planning can be a headache sometimes, it is worth it and equally necessary.?

The recent rise in COVID cases in India, followed by the RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus infections) and the Flu ( the trio is infamously known as the tripledemic), makes planning quite trickier and more stressful.

The onset of the tripledemic makes it crucial to take proper preventive measures for your and your family's protection. Extra care and precaution are required if you are travelling with children under the age of 5, senior citizens, or an immunocompromised person who are more susceptible to falling ill and catching an infection.

Let's look at ways how you could safeguard your vacation journey today-?

?To-do's before the journey

• Carry pocket-friendly sanitisers & disinfectants like Steri 360 – to use while on the move.
• Carry all the necessary medication as per doctors' recommendations.
• Get the recommended vaccines for kids or immunocompromised (if your doctor suggests).
• Prepare a travel health kit with items you may need, especially those items that may be difficult to find at your destination— like prescriptions, over-the-counter medicines, and warm clothes, supplements etc.; take enough to last your entire trip.

Precautions to follow while travelling

• Wash your hands frequently and use hand sanitiser after being in public spaces, bathrooms, and before eating since RSV spreads more often from surfaces to hands.
• Avoid touching your face with unwashed hands; your hands could harbour pathogens. So wash your hands with SteriSkin when visibly dirty.
• Disinfect hands with SterilliumGel, especially at tourist spots with many high-touch areas like– door handles, railings, seat handles, etc., are the major germ hotspots (Use SterilliumGel).
• While using public toilets, don't forget to disinfect seats with SteriSmart since they have the presence of pathogens like E.coli & Staphylococcus.?
• Wear a mask & maintain social distancing, particularly in populated indoor settings where the transmission of infection is higher.
• Reduce the possibility of foodborne illness - by avoiding food that has been sitting out for too long.

Steps to follow once you are back from the trip?

• If you notice symptoms like sore throat, nasal congestion, runny nose and coughing, avoid taking antibiotics without consulting your physician.
• Disinfect your devices with SteriSmart– E.g. phones, watches and laptops as they might have carried germs.

You can relieve yourself from stress and have a safe and germ-free holiday by practising the tips mentioned above. While making sure you make the most of your holiday journeys, Trust Raman & Weil’s infection control products to keep your trips safe!