{"id":814,"date":"2014-01-12T15:04:32","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T20:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/?p=814"},"modified":"2025-07-16T12:30:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T17:30:54","slug":"hand-washing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/hand-washing\/","title":{"rendered":"Hand washing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-815\" alt=\"ABC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ABC-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Did you know that many of you out there are not washing your hands adequately and don&#8217;t even know it? The most effective hand wash is done with warm or cold water and for a full 20 seconds. Be sure to focus on your finger tips and around your nail bed as these are great places for germs to hide. Rinse well and dry with paper towel. Use the towel to turn off the faucet in order to avoid touching a dirty handle.<\/p>\n<p>Good hand washing technique is an easy and important step to avoid falling sick with the cold or flu this season. Visit the Center for Disease Control website for more information: www.cdc.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that many of you out there are not washing your hands adequately and don&#8217;t even know it? The most effective hand wash is done with warm or cold water and for a full 20 seconds. Be sure to focus on your finger tips and around your nail bed as these are great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hand washing! - Elmbrook Family Dental<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"To help you avoid getting sick this cold and flu season, follow these tips for making your handwashing more effective.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/hand-washing\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Hand washing! - Elmbrook Family Dental\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"To help you avoid getting sick this cold and flu season, follow these tips for making your handwashing more effective.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ABC.jpg\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/12\\\/hand-washing\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/12\\\/hand-washing\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"elmbrookfamilydental\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47af55c3400898a67a1ea8a999936c82\"},\"headline\":\"Hand washing!\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-12T20:04:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-16T17:30:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/12\\\/hand-washing\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":119,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/12\\\/hand-washing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/ABC-150x150.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/12\\\/hand-washing\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/12\\\/hand-washing\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hand washing! - Elmbrook Family Dental\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/12\\\/hand-washing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/12\\\/hand-washing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/ABC-150x150.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-12T20:04:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-16T17:30:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47af55c3400898a67a1ea8a999936c82\"},\"description\":\"To help you avoid getting sick this cold and flu season, follow these tips for making your handwashing more effective.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/12\\\/hand-washing\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/12\\\/hand-washing\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/12\\\/hand-washing\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/ABC.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/ABC.jpg\",\"width\":275,\"height\":183,\"caption\":\"Person washing their hands\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/12\\\/hand-washing\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hand washing!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Elmbrook Family Dental\",\"description\":\"\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47af55c3400898a67a1ea8a999936c82\",\"name\":\"elmbrookfamilydental\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hand washing! - Elmbrook Family Dental","description":"To help you avoid getting sick this cold and flu season, follow these tips for making your handwashing more effective.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/hand-washing\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Hand washing! - Elmbrook Family Dental","twitter_description":"To help you avoid getting sick this cold and flu season, follow these tips for making your handwashing more effective.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ABC.jpg","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/hand-washing\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/hand-washing\/"},"author":{"name":"elmbrookfamilydental","@id":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/47af55c3400898a67a1ea8a999936c82"},"headline":"Hand washing!","datePublished":"2014-01-12T20:04:32+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-16T17:30:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/hand-washing\/"},"wordCount":119,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/hand-washing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ABC-150x150.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/hand-washing\/","url":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/hand-washing\/","name":"Hand washing! - Elmbrook Family Dental","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/hand-washing\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/hand-washing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ABC-150x150.jpg","datePublished":"2014-01-12T20:04:32+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-16T17:30:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/47af55c3400898a67a1ea8a999936c82"},"description":"To help you avoid getting sick this cold and flu season, follow these tips for making your handwashing more effective.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/hand-washing\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/hand-washing\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/hand-washing\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ABC.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ABC.jpg","width":275,"height":183,"caption":"Person washing their hands"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/hand-washing\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hand washing!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/","name":"Elmbrook Family Dental","description":"","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/47af55c3400898a67a1ea8a999936c82","name":"elmbrookfamilydental"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2094,"href":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions\/2094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elmbrookfamilydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}