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Teaching our little son to wash his hands after a wee but its made me notice in public toilets how many people don't. Do you?
Washing hands
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oldsalt
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4 years of University taught me not to pee on my fingers...
Seriously, in many public loos, I think the taps and door handles will recontaminate your fingers immediately after you wash.
Seriously, in many public loos, I think the taps and door handles will recontaminate your fingers immediately after you wash.
wotayottie
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4 years of University taught me not to pee on my fingers...
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Seriously, in many public loos, I think the taps and door handles will recontaminate your fingers immediately after you wash.
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Thats right. I've always wondered why they dont make bog doors open outwards so you can push with a shoulder and not touch the knobs.
4 years of University taught me not to pee on my fingers...
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Seriously, in many public loos, I think the taps and door handles will recontaminate your fingers immediately after you wash.
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Thats right. I've always wondered why they dont make bog doors open outwards so you can push with a shoulder and not touch the knobs.
oldsalt
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[not touch the knobs.
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I agree, you should never touch knobs in a public loo..it could get you arrested!
[not touch the knobs.
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I agree, you should never touch knobs in a public loo..it could get you arrested!
SimbaDog
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Well, yes I do wash hands but as has already need said, you then have the problem of the taps & the doors!
TiggerToo
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Do you?
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Yes. But I have also notice some (few) people who wash BEFORE. If you think about it it is not a bad idea. After all you are risking contaminating/infecting some seriosuly private bits with whoever knows what microbes. And I am not joking.
(signed: a microbiologist).
Do you?
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Yes. But I have also notice some (few) people who wash BEFORE. If you think about it it is not a bad idea. After all you are risking contaminating/infecting some seriosuly private bits with whoever knows what microbes. And I am not joking.
(signed: a microbiologist).
Noddy
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If you get your hands wet its a training issue! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
To boatify this thread:
The heads on my boat don't currently have a little sink and water for post toilet ablutions. I ought to get round to fitting all this but it will add weight and complexity.
Would an alcohol rub dispenser, as I understand they have in hospitals, do the trick? My understanding is that you squirt a bit in, rub you hands together and:- Hey Presto - Instant Hygiene! No need for plumbing systems, water supplies and hand drying implements.
Your thoughts appreciated.
Paul
To boatify this thread:
The heads on my boat don't currently have a little sink and water for post toilet ablutions. I ought to get round to fitting all this but it will add weight and complexity.
Would an alcohol rub dispenser, as I understand they have in hospitals, do the trick? My understanding is that you squirt a bit in, rub you hands together and:- Hey Presto - Instant Hygiene! No need for plumbing systems, water supplies and hand drying implements.
Your thoughts appreciated.
Paul
Sniper
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Alcohol gels are quite good at disinfecting clean hands, but the gold standard for cleanliness is soap, warm water and good hand washing technique.
Evadne
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On our boat we have a packet of "Wet Ones", or baby wipes as a friend called them, for cleaning hands after using the heads, etc.
Twister_Ken
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You can't beat a nice wet one.
Errr, well, you can, actually.
Errr, well, you can, actually.
DJE
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But I have also notice some (few) people who wash BEFORE.
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That of course is the difference between a chemist and a pharmacist.
A pharmacist washes his hands after he's been to the toilet whereas a chemist washes his hands before he goes to the toilet! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
But I have also notice some (few) people who wash BEFORE.
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That of course is the difference between a chemist and a pharmacist.
A pharmacist washes his hands after he's been to the toilet whereas a chemist washes his hands before he goes to the toilet! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Evadne
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Haven't-a-Clue
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Yup, we use alcohol dispensers at work (op. theatre) and providing you use 3 or 4 squirts and then rub in as if using soap and water ie palms, back of hands, webs and nails, until evaporated, nearly as good as soap and water, plus of course you don't have to fiddle with towels. Remember, wet hands = bug heaven.
25931
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Why wash hands after a pee ? They are unlikely to have aquired anything nasty there (at least in my case )
Jim
Jim
ianat182
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Caution ,whilst you do have the good idea of the "Wet Ones" and/or "Babywipes" make sure your guests,children et al don't pop them in the loo, for obvious reasons. Same applies to "Kleenex" tissues.
A separate container to dispose of them at the end of the day is then required!
A separate container to dispose of them at the end of the day is then required!
Scotty_Tradewind
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I would agree about wet wipes, I have them in abundance on my boat.... superb for wiping out lockers and any surfaces including a quick 'all over freshen up' if a shower is out of the question, but they are usually an instant 'bog blocker'.
Two years ago my next door neighbour on the moorings had his teenage grandchildren aboard for the day. After a brief safety chat and advice, including wet wipes down the heads, he then spent the next day stripping the heads to retrieve bits of wet wipe. !!??!!
I have a couple of bottles of gel, one in the heads and one in the galley which makes life simple for general cleanliness.
At work we are on a complex where we have to use the 'public' loo... yuk!! In my experience of 9 years in my present job, very few wash hands after... and now they have gone over to hot air driers there are no paper towels to turn the tap off with and to use as a handle cover to open the doors. Watching the street doctors a couple of years ago on the box, where they looked at the unhealthy lifestyle of students at a Uni' gym, they discovered all sorts of horrid things on the handles and general surfaces and on their drinking bottles and towels etc....eugh!!
I suppose we used to eat anything from any surface once upon a time when I was a kid post war, but probably due to all these ultra clean surfaces we have made, with a spray for everything from and since the days of DDT, the bugs have become more harmful to us and hence the super bugs of today ??
Two years ago my next door neighbour on the moorings had his teenage grandchildren aboard for the day. After a brief safety chat and advice, including wet wipes down the heads, he then spent the next day stripping the heads to retrieve bits of wet wipe. !!??!!
I have a couple of bottles of gel, one in the heads and one in the galley which makes life simple for general cleanliness.
At work we are on a complex where we have to use the 'public' loo... yuk!! In my experience of 9 years in my present job, very few wash hands after... and now they have gone over to hot air driers there are no paper towels to turn the tap off with and to use as a handle cover to open the doors. Watching the street doctors a couple of years ago on the box, where they looked at the unhealthy lifestyle of students at a Uni' gym, they discovered all sorts of horrid things on the handles and general surfaces and on their drinking bottles and towels etc....eugh!!
I suppose we used to eat anything from any surface once upon a time when I was a kid post war, but probably due to all these ultra clean surfaces we have made, with a spray for everything from and since the days of DDT, the bugs have become more harmful to us and hence the super bugs of today ??
robp
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I was about to post exactly the same remark about work complexes with shared loos! Ours is also used by visitors to a cafe. 1. Go in and experience 'orrible stink. 2. Hear the wiping process. 3. Witness some guy exit straight out the door. 4. View door handle with fear! Bl@@dy foul! Especially when they've been smoking on the bog. (Thankyou Wishbone Ash).
If they try and remove the paper towels in our place, they will receive an ultimatum.
If they try and remove the paper towels in our place, they will receive an ultimatum.
cliffordpope
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I thought wee was a disinfectant - beduoin washing wounds in the desert, etc ?
Or is that only camels ? (Spot boating allusion)
Or is that only camels ? (Spot boating allusion)
Noddy
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Its easy to get all health and safety about this hygiene malarky. A bit of filth is good for developing the immune system. (this might not be true at my age but it is my only excuse)
Can someone post a link for these alcohol dispensers please?
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Can someone post a link for these alcohol dispensers please?
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jhr
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iirc, urine is sterile at the point of delivery but provides an excellent medium for bacteria once decanted /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
