{"id":3888,"date":"2017-01-04T16:02:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T16:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2024-05-09T03:34:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T03:34:04","slug":"electric-hand-dryers-vs-paper-towels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/electric-hand-dryers-vs-paper-towels\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Hand Dryers vs. Paper Towels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>TRUTH OR MYTH \u2013 ARE ELECTRIC HAND DRYERS MORE SANITARY THAN PAPER TOWELS?<\/p>\n<p>MYTH!!! \u00a0After washing your hands in a public restroom, you are likely to find 2 options for drying: a paper towel dispenser or an automatic air or jet hand dryer.Jet dryers are also advertised as a more sanitary alternative to paper towels. In truth is, jet hand dryers can spew germs 6 feet for more!! An old-fashioned paper towel (used sparingly!) may be the better health option despite environmental concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">All content of this newsletter is intended for general information purposes only and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Please consult a medical professional before adopting any of the suggestions on this page.   You must never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking medical treatment based upon any content of this newsletter.<strong>  PROMPTLY CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR CALL 911 IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.<\/strong> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; TRUTH OR MYTH \u2013 ARE ELECTRIC HAND DRYERS MORE SANITARY THAN PAPER TOWELS? MYTH!!! \u00a0After washing your hands in a public restroom, you are likely to find 2 options for drying: a paper towel dispenser &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/electric-hand-dryers-vs-paper-towels\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[777,775,773,774,776,772],"class_list":["post-3888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-alternatives","tag-electrichanddryers","tag-myth","tag-papertowels","tag-sanitary","tag-truth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3888"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11276,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions\/11276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}