Making germs a no-go

0 Comments | USA TODAY, March, 2006 | by Jayne Clark

Donna Chevannes' moment of truth came a couple of years ago on a flight to Florida when a seatmate told her about a friend who had gotten head lice from an aircraft headrest.

The story bears just a whiff of urban legend, but it was enough for Chevannes to change her airborne ways. These days, the Edgewater, N.J., legal assistant totes an arsenal on board to ward off wayward bugs. Tucked in her carry-on are a pillow and blanket, a bottle of hand sanitizer, and, for good measure, a can of Lysol, which she uses to spray down the seat, armrests and tray table.

"I have OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) when I fly," she unapologetically declares.

Fortunately for Chevannes and those in similar situations, products aimed at the peripatetic germophobe seem to be...