Why Are Paper Towels Most Appropriate for Drying the Hands

question 51

Multiple Choice

Why are paper towels most appropriate for drying the hands in a health care facility?

• A) Microorganisms can live in wet cloth towels.
• B) Cloth towels are more expensive.
• C) Paper towels are more convenient because they do not require laundering.
• D) Paper dries the hands more quickly and effectively.

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Definitions:

Lysine

An essential amino acid required by the human body for growth and tissue repair, not synthesized by the body and must be obtained from the diet.

Stereosiomer

Molecules with the same molecular formula and sequence of bonded atoms, but they differ in the 3D orientation of their atoms in space.

Carboxylic Acid

Organic compounds that contain a carboxyl group (-COOH), which consists of a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom and single-bonded to a hydroxyl group.

Oligopeptide

An oligopeptide is a short chain of amino acids, typically having fewer than 20 residues, connected by peptide bonds.