How often do you wash your towel? Some people wash once a week, while some, once a year. The towel is a fertile breeding ground for millions of microbes, especially those found on human skin and on the gut. No wonder the towel is one of the objects that facilitate fecal-oral contamination (literally connecting the two ends of the gut). Worse still, most people keep towels in the bathroom (near the toilet). Every flush of the toilet sends mist with millions of microbes, ranging from H.pylori, salmonella and other deadly bacteria and viruses. When you wash your hands ready for a meal, and dry them with your body towel, there's high chance you are directly ingesting your fecal matter, or, if in a shared lavatory, someone else's faeces. Unless cleaned well, viruses such as human papillomavirus (causes warts, anal cancer and cervical cancer) can be transmitted when towels are shared with infected individuals. So, what to do? 1. Launder towels once a week. 2. Use hot water and det...
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI INDEFINITE CLOSURE 1. The closure affects all campuses;Mombasa,Kisumu,Parklands,Kabete(s),Main,Kikuyu,KNH,Chiromo,Kenya Science,Engineering & Distance Learners 2. The continuing exams (Including assignments) have been postponed/lifted until further notice. 3. Students are to vacate hostels and other university premises by tomorrow 10 am 4. Class of 2014 might graduate in 2015 if there is a delay in resumption (God Forbid)Verified by the VC, DVC Student Affairs and Principal CHSS
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