Last week I told you a little bit about Kleenex’s new Hand Towels, “an innovative solution” that delivers one clean, fresh, dry towel every time you wash and dry your hands. In the past, I’ve always used a communal hand towel to dry my hands (although I refuse to do this when I’m at an unfamiliar place). And I guess that’s ok…if no one in the house is sick. But it’s actually more sanitary to use a single-use towel and recommended by the CDC. But why?
According to the CDC, wet hands (regardless of whether or not they’re clean) can transfer pathogens more readily than dry hands. Now I know why we were taught to turn off faucets and open bathroom doors with a dry paper towel. Proper drying can help prevent the transfer of viruses and bacteria to surfaces, food, and other people.
Kleenex Hand Towels are soft, absorbent and free from inks, dyes and fragrances. Hand-washing is the single most important step in preventing the transmission of microorganisms. Hand drying comes next. The Kleenex website offers educational activities designed to teach hand hygiene. Remember when you learned to sing the ABCs while washing your hands as a child? That song can be followed by the Drying Song.
A box of Kleenex Hand Towels retails for $2.99 and the product is available at retailers nationwide.
This is part of a compensated campaign with Kleenex and The Motherhood.
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I wish these were made from recycled material. I went to the Kleenex website and there is no mention of that anywhere. I’m going to write to them about this. While I appreciate the need for cleanliness, I’d rather just wash my towels more than just use more paper products.