Wash Your Hands!!!!

I'm not a germaphobe, but if I am in a public restroom washing my hands, and someone comes out of the stall and heads straight for the door, I ask them very loudly, "Aren't you going to wash your hands?" Most pretend they don't hear me and walk out, but I am betting they are very conscious of that experience every time thereafter.

I am one who heads straight for the door but as soon as I'm outside the door, I'm using my Purell. I HATE those hand blowers and so many bathrooms use them. They just spread the germs all over. They don't dry your hands. I also figure that even if I wash my hands, there are those who do just walk out the door so I'm touching the germs anyway. For that reason, I use the Purell after I walk out. So...next time you see someone walk out without washing, they might be reaching for the Purell as soon as they get out the door.

I'm not a germaphobe, but if I am in a public restroom washing my hands, and someone comes out of the stall and heads straight for the door, I ask them very loudly, "Aren't you going to wash your hands?" Most pretend they don't hear me and walk out, but I am betting they are very conscious of that experience every time thereafter.

I am one who heads straight for the door but as soon as I'm outside the door, I'm using my Purell. I HATE those hand blowers and so many bathrooms use them. They just spread the germs all over. They don't dry your hands. I also figure that even if I wash my hands, there are those who do just walk out the door so I'm touching the germs anyway. For that reason, I use the Purell after I walk out. So...next time you see someone walk out without washing, they might be reaching for the Purell as soon as they get out the door.

They've actually done studies showing that no matter how hard you try, E. coli contamination (present in fecal matter), is everywhere. If you culture your toothbrush right now in an agar plate, it would grow E. coli bacteria. Even if it isn't in the bathroom. And washing your hands works, in the sense that soap decreases surface tension amd scrubs MOST of the bacteria from your hands. Doesn't kill any of them, in reality. It just makes it easier to detach them from the surface of your skin. If you atttempted a culture after washing your hands, you'd still grow bacteria, and some would likely be E. coli. It's inevitable, unless you live in a bubble: s*** is everywhere, and you can't do anything about it. May as well just not stress over it.

Do you know why E. coli is present in fecal matter? Because it's present in your digestive tract all the time. In fact, it's a good thing. We humans have a mutualistic relationship with most strains of E. coli.

Your gut has bacteria, your skin has bacteria, everything you touch has bacteria. Most of it is either harmless or good for you when kept in the right places. In fact, the bacteria that causes staph infection is commonly found on the skin or in your nasal passages.

The reliance on anti-bacterials by the commercial masses is a huge contributor to bacterial resistance increasing so much in the last 10 years. The more exposure bacteria get to chemicals, the more resistance is likely to occur through mutation. So while you may believe you're doing yourself a favor now, wait a few years, and see what awesome superbugs pop up as a result of your continued misuse of antibacterials. It'll be a blast.

I'm not a germaphobe, but if I am in a public restroom washing my hands, and someone comes out of the stall and heads straight for the door, I ask them very loudly, "Aren't you going to wash your hands?" Most pretend they don't hear me and walk out, but I am betting they are very conscious of that experience every time thereafter.

I am one who heads straight for the door but as soon as I'm outside the door, I'm using my Purell. I HATE those hand blowers and so many bathrooms use them. They just spread the germs all over. They don't dry your hands. I also figure that even if I wash my hands, there are those who do just walk out the door so I'm touching the germs anyway. For that reason, I use the Purell after I walk out. So...next time you see someone walk out without washing, they might be reaching for the Purell as soon as they get out the door.

The reliance on anti-bacterials by the commercial masses is a huge contributor to bacterial resistance increasing so much in the last 10 years. The more exposure bacteria get to chemicals, the more resistance is likely to occur through mutation. So while you may believe you're doing yourself a favor now, wait a few years, and see what awesome superbugs pop up as a result of your continued misuse of antibacterials. It'll be a blast.

that keyboard you're typing on right now prolly has more germs than your average toilet seat!

I am sooooo a germobphobe....yesterday i damn near went into a rage at the gym..... while walking into the locker room, it was very clear by the friggin smell, that the guy in the stall was taking a dump....then the toilet flushes, he comes out of the stall and proceeds directly to the workout equipment WITHOUT so much as even looking at the sink....i swear, i could have strangled him...im sure he heard me say what a scum he was for not washing his hands as he was walking out of the locker room.

According to Charles Gerba, PhD, a professor of microbiology at University of Arizona in Tucson, flushing the toilet with the lid up is not wise. "Polluted water vapor erupts out of the flushing toilet bowl and it can take several hours for these particles to finally settle."

"The greatest aerosol dispersal occurs not during the initial moments of the flush, but rather once most of the water has already left the bowl," according to Philip Tierno, MD, director of clinical microbiology and diagnostic immunology at New York University Medical Center and Mt. Sinai Medical Center. He therefore advises leaving immediately after flushing to not have the microscopic, airborne mist land on you.