For directions on how to mix the salt/sugar rehydration solution, see here

More that wouldn't fit:

stomach-settlers of your choice: if you like Rolaids or Pepto-Bismol, great, but you might also think about things like dried peppermint (peppermint tea), candied or dried ginger, and dried catnip (catnip tea)
rubbing alcohol and gauze pads or cotton balls/cotton wool -- can be useful in reducing fevers
a copy of the Merck Manual of Medical Information (Home Edition) -- one of the single most useful books any household can own, can help you know the difference between, say, "just a cough" and pneumonia
a copy of Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook -- an unbelievably useful basic diagnosis, treatment, and prevention handbook for common health care issues

For safety and sanitary reasons, today I bought some hand sanitizer in a small bottle for my purse and one for my granddaughter for her school backback. I'm going to get a bigger bottle to use for refilling them. I don't trust public washrooms esp. ones where you have to pull a door open to exit. What about the people who don't wash then pull the door even if you do.

I don't trust public washrooms esp. ones where you have to pull a door open to exit.

Tanya, I use the paper towel I dried my hands on to open the door to get out. If I can reach the trash can, I toss it in there while my foot props the door open. If not, I just throw it away once I've left the restroom.

In a pinch, use the inside of the bottom of your shirt.

Tanya, I use the paper towel I dried my hands on to open the door to
get out. If I can reach the trash can, I toss it in there while my foot
props the door open. If not, I just throw it away once I've left the
restroom.

LOL. Me too. I also push about 6 inches of paper out of the dispenser before I wash me hands so I don't have to use my clean hands to release more paper.

what is the pen and notebook for? thermometer readings?

I turn the faucet off with my elbow.

I leave the water running until I'm through drying my hands and turn it off with the used paper towel, then i use the towel to open the door and give it my best basketball shot to get it in the garbage.

It's like we are doing gymnastics in the restroom.

The pen and paper are for keeping track of symptoms. If you're really sick, you're likely to forget the details of how you feel (other than "kill me now") and the time.

Although I don't know if I'd be organized enough to keep track like that. "10:00, threw up. 10:10, threw up again. 10:20, lay on bathroom floor moaning. 10:50, found the strength to crawl to bed."

I heartily second the advice about using a paper towel to open the bathroom door, and about pre-pulling a towel before you start washing.

But for pete's sake, people, don't use your foot to flush the toilet. Grab some more tissue and use that, sure. But who knows where your shoes have been? Ick.

But for pete's sake, people, don't use your foot to flush the toilet.

Who said they do that? I only lift and let down the seats with my foot.

I see them do it — in the women's room at work, some people use a foot to hit the lever to flush the toilet. Ick!

And not that I actively keep track of my co-workers' bathroom habits or anything... but some people don't wash their hands after using the toilet. Double ick.

Sorry, that was actually me — I didn't notice that the monkey was logged in.