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		<title>The Most Important Day of the Hand Hygiene Year Is Coming&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 13:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years back, when I started #handhygiene as a hub for all information on Twitter dealing with handwashing and sanitizer use, I had hoped to develop a community that would openly and freely express its passion for keeping those &#8230; <a href="http://germguy.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/the-most-important-day-of-the-hand-hygiene-year-is-coming/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=germguy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14154796&#038;post=2103&#038;subd=germguy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New City, Same Germy Fun&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey everyone, As some of you may have seen, I&#8217;m in the process of moving from Ottawa to Toronto. I&#8217;m in T.O. now and starting to settle in. I&#8217;ll have more to say on the move and the reasons for &#8230; <a href="http://germguy.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/new-city-same-germy-fun/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=germguy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14154796&#038;post=2097&#038;subd=germguy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The #H5N1 debate continues&#8230;and now EPRC is getting involved</title>
		<link>http://germguy.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/the-h5n1-debate-continues-and-now-eprc-is-getting-involved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE! Apparently an hour after this document went live, the White House released a statement that they have a proposed policy.  You can read it here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/02/21/ proposed-policy-targets-dual-use-research-concern You will also notice that the date of release is slated for &#8230; <a href="http://germguy.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/the-h5n1-debate-continues-and-now-eprc-is-getting-involved/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=germguy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14154796&#038;post=2091&#038;subd=germguy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Top Germy Tweeter!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason "Germ Guy" Tetro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I was surprised with a lovely message: The Huffington Post has placed me as one of the Top 50 Healthy Living and Fitness Tweeters in Canada. I&#8217;m really excited about the honour but have to admit that the road &#8230; <a href="http://germguy.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/a-top-germy-tweeter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=germguy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14154796&#038;post=2075&#038;subd=germguy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flu Season is Here and the Germs are Spreading Fast!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was quite interested to hear that the CDC has said that the flu season has come early this year and seems to be &#8220;ramping up.&#8221;  For me, this seemed like a rather odd statement to make.  After all, right after &#8230; <a href="http://germguy.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/the-flu-season-is-here-and-spreading-fast/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=germguy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14154796&#038;post=2050&#038;subd=germguy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Change for The Germ Guy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason "Germ Guy" Tetro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone, As you may know, in addition to my work in the public as The Germ Guy, I&#8217;m also a member of the staff at the University of Ottawa and for years, have been granted the association with the &#8230; <a href="http://germguy.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/a-change-for-the-germ-guy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=germguy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14154796&#038;post=2027&#038;subd=germguy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From Germ Wars to Zombie Apocalypse!</title>
		<link>http://germguy.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/from-germ-wars-to-zombie-apocalypse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again when the world starts to fear another pandemic that will sweep over the land, infecting everyone in sight and leaving thousands if not millions dying in its wake. I&#8217;m not talking about flu, however, &#8230; <a href="http://germguy.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/from-germ-wars-to-zombie-apocalypse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=germguy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14154796&#038;post=2007&#038;subd=germguy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Germ Wars Webchat&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://germguy.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/a-germ-wars-webchat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason "Germ Guy" Tetro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MORE UPDATES! The webchat went extremely well!  A special &#8216;Thank You&#8217; to participant &#8220;Diane G.&#8221; for sharing her longtime support.  People like her give me even more reason to continue what I am doing.  If you missed it, you can &#8230; <a href="http://germguy.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/a-germ-wars-webchat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=germguy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14154796&#038;post=1988&#038;subd=germguy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Talking Germs and the Olympics on CBC</title>
		<link>http://germguy.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/talking-germs-and-the-olympics-on-cbc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason "Germ Guy" Tetro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re interested in how the London Games are fairing in the germs category, take a listen to my latest radio interview with CBC Ottawa&#8217;s All in a Day.  It was a great discussion and well, we even had some &#8230; <a href="http://germguy.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/talking-germs-and-the-olympics-on-cbc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=germguy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14154796&#038;post=1982&#038;subd=germguy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Hand Hygiene to the B-Movie Extreme</title>
		<link>http://germguy.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/taking-hand-hygiene-to-the-b-movie-extreme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason "Germ Guy" Tetro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have been following the #handhygiene hashtag on Twitter, you&#8217;ve no doubt seen a number of videos that use entertainment to impress the importance of hand hygiene.  Most of them are &#8220;song and dance&#8221; numbers that borrow from a &#8230; <a href="http://germguy.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/taking-hand-hygiene-to-the-b-movie-extreme/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=germguy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14154796&#038;post=1970&#038;subd=germguy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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