{"id":2153,"date":"2011-02-28T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/eww-the-hygiene-perils-of-hotel-sheets-tips-to-avoid-them.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:14:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:14:08","slug":"eww-the-hygiene-perils-of-hotel-sheets-tips-to-avoid-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2153","title":{"rendered":"Eww. The Hygiene Perils of Hotel Sheets: Tips to avoid them"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Philip Tierno doesn’t feel comfortable staying in hotels. He knows too much.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
The microbiologist travels with an impervious mattress and pillow cover to protect against the unseen debris that guests leave behind in what he compares to the lost Roman civilization, particles “literally buried over time” in the bed.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>“What I’m saying is it’s not just you in bed, it’s who comes after you,” said Tierno, director of microbiology and immunology at New York University’s Langone Medical Center. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
More disturbingly, it’s who comes before you, too.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Hygiene tips for hotel guests<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

Guests worried about germs and allergens can do the following to protect themselves: 


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  • Wash your hands well and often with soap and warm water, or use hand sanitzer <\/span><\/li>\n

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  • Move the bedspread aside <\/li>\n

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  • Choose a hotel that uses impervious mattress and pillow covers, sometimes called allergy barriers <\/li>\n

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  • Clean the remote control, the phone, the interior doorknob and other frequently used areas or devices with a germicidal wipe <\/li>\n

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  • Wear slippers or flip flops at all times <\/li>\n

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  • Cover open wounds and use disinfectant treatments on them 

    Source: Philip Tierno, NYU professor of microbiology and pathology<\/em><\/li>\n

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    A microscopic look at hotel hygiene – CNN.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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