{"id":9131,"date":"2021-12-06T19:57:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T19:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=9131"},"modified":"2021-12-06T20:08:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T20:08:20","slug":"national-handwashing-awareness-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/national-handwashing-awareness-week\/","title":{"rendered":"National Handwashing Awareness Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ThinkstockPhotos-186111226.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ThinkstockPhotos-186111226-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3274\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The first week in December is marked as National Handwashing Awareness Week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), handwashing is one of the best \u201cdo-it-yourself\u201d precautions to prevent infections \u2014it involves five simple and effective steps (Wet, Lather, Scrub, Rinse, Dry).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regular handwashing, particularly before and after certain activities can help us to reduce the spread of germs and several illnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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>The first week in December is marked as National Handwashing Awareness Week. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), handwashing is one of the best \u201cdo-it-yourself\u201d precautions to prevent infections \u2014it involves five simple and effective steps &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/national-handwashing-awareness-week\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1163],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9131","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9131"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9137,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9131\/revisions\/9137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}