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The Germ-Zapper for Hotel Rooms
June 25, 2008 at 11:17 AM | 2 Comments
Here at HotelChatter, we are not only hotel geeks but germ freaks as well. And it's especially hard for us not to let our germ-phobia get the best of us at hotels.
We often have to resist the urge to immediately pull back the bed covers to inspect the sheets, check the minibar glasses for lipstick and peek behind the shower curtain for any unsightly stains, all for fear of what we might find.
What you don't know can't hurt you, right?
Of course, we could just pick up Germ Guardian's UV-C Light Wand--the ultimate germ-o-phobe's indulgence--and never have to worry about such things again.
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Hotel Germs Crisis: It's Not Just the Bedspreads Anymore
October 2, 2006 at 2:59 PM | 1 Comment
Cold season is around the corner and thanks to a new study done by Lysol and a team of doctors, we got more places to fear aside from airplanes and offices. Yup, hotels are harboring cold germs too.
Obviously, this is bad news for hotel guests. Although we already knew that bedspreads are probably contaminated with semen and blood, now we learn that desk pen might get us sick.
If a guest checks into a hotel with a cold, chances are their cold germs are going to linger around on everything they touch from pens to the remote controls to lamp switches.
Hotel guests leave behind more than just socks and old paperbacks: A study found viruses on TV remotes, light switches and hotel pens after cold sufferers left...it does show the potential hazards if a hotel's turnaround amounts to little more than changing the sheets and wiping out the tub.
The study had cold sufferers touch about 10 items in a hotel room. Upon later inspection it was concluded that about one third of the items remained contaminated.
Of course what Lysol probably wants you to do is bring your own travel-size can with you when you stay at hotels. We say just bring some rubber gloves and a fresh pack of pens.
Image via Jodigreen/Flickr
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· Guests' bugs lounge in hotel rooms [Chicago Tribune]
· Dirty Laundry [HotelChatter]
