How Often Do You Wash Your Hands?

PurringMyrrh
PurringMyrrh Posts: 5,276 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
I wash often because I work at the hospital and it has conditoned me into it. Although even still, sometimes I wash them and have that terrifying moment of, "Holy crap! How'd they get so dirty?!"

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  • zcb94
    zcb94 Posts: 3,678 Member
    Every 4-5 hrs, sometimes twice in that time period, so I can use my catheters cleanly.
  • tat2cookie
    tat2cookie Posts: 1,899 Member
    I'm a cook at a restaurant so I've always been in the habit of washing them any time I touch something then go to touch food. Coconut oil is my new best friend. Without it my hands would probably be raw.
  • spade117
    spade117 Posts: 2,466 Member
    I wash mine based upon activities, not a time frame. It changes all the time. More often while at work, and much less at home.
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    I'm a nurse....so like a lot. I don't keep track through. my dry cracked hands are proof enough though lol.
  • qdoyle11
    qdoyle11 Posts: 325 Member
    Troutsy wrote: »
    I'm a nurse....so like a lot. I don't keep track through. my dry cracked hands are proof enough though lol.

    I'm a nurse as well, so I know the feeling. I also keep hand sanitizer everywhere just in case!

  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    qdoyle11 wrote: »
    Troutsy wrote: »
    I'm a nurse....so like a lot. I don't keep track through. my dry cracked hands are proof enough though lol.

    I'm a nurse as well, so I know the feeling. I also keep hand sanitizer everywhere just in case!

    Haha I have them stashed in the most random places! My boyfriend thinks its so weird.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,042 Member
    Working in a hospital based gym, often when I'm here. Home, not so much.

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  • Windnancy
    Windnancy Posts: 47 Member
    I'm a massage therapist...I wash my hands very often...you'd think having my hands bathe in oil all day long they'd be hydrated but this winter my hands are so dry from overwashing and crazy cold weather...it's insane!!!!
  • kalawhon
    kalawhon Posts: 162 Member
    Like 20+ times a day.. I have a kid, dogs, and am always in the kitchen so I am a wash my hands attic!! lol My cracked hands show for it.. :(
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    as needed, I never counted. You know, before food prep, after bathroom, any time they have gotten dirty/messy doing whatever kind of work.
  • superfox12082
    superfox12082 Posts: 512 Member
    A lot. I'll use sanitizer and then wash them, because I hate how the sanitizer feels. At least once an hour, probably more. Germs - ew.
  • mikeshockley
    mikeshockley Posts: 684 Member
    Once a week, whether they need it or not. ;)
  • branflakes1980
    branflakes1980 Posts: 2,516 Member
    With the level of sickness thats going on where I live I wash them every time I pass a sink. I will admit, it's a problem. LOL!! I also have hand sanitizer everywherein random places at work and home and use that every time I pass it also.
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    Several times a day.
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