Do You Wash your Hands After Using the Toilet?

Teerah

Badger_Lady wrote: »

Ah, but was she actually going to the toilet in there? I often visit public loos to get a bit of tissue or even have a little cry (knickers on!)... I do get quite paranoid that someone will judge me for coming out and leaving again :rotfl:

I would still was my hands, having touched the door handles that other people who have used the loos have also touched.

scottish_lassy

If I have to touch the taps or the door handles, I feel washing my hands was probably a waste of time as they are immediately covered in germs again. Solution is easy if there are paper towels as I use that to turn off taps and open doors and dispose of outside the toilets (although at work when I do this, I am concious that I am not leaving a used paper towel in the cubicle bin and someone going in behind me may think I didn't wash!)

Otherwise, disinfectant gel is the answer for me

geri1965_2

Teerah wrote: »

I would still was my hands, having touched the door handles that other people who have used the loos have also touched.

But what about the door handles and stuff you have to touch after you've washed your hands?

Gillyx

the toilets in the shopping centre here are great, as there are no main doors to the toilet, just a wall that sort of twists around, and they have the dyson hand dryers so after washing your hands and drying them, you can walk out without touching anything else.

kjmtidea

I am a cleaner in a gym and spend most of my time cleaning the changing rooms and toilets. I would say it's about 50/50 when it comes to handwashing, it's the older generation that don't seem to bother or they will stick one hand under the tap for a split second.

victory

Yes I do and oh my youngest stays in there forever, washing, drying, I am always waiting for him, he loves it, weird:rotfl::D

Lotus-eater

Gillyx wrote: »

After it's been washed

And sterilised I hope :eek: Where would the world be today if women went taking things in their mouth which weren't properly sterilised, washed, cleaned and dried in a dust free atmosphere!
Oh yes, exactly where we are now.

geri1965 wrote: »

But what about the door handles and stuff you have to touch after you've washed your hands?

Oh no, a flaw in the perfect sterile plan! Drat those bugs, they get everywhere.
I find it best to wear rubber gloves the whole time I am awake, while I'm asleep I wrap myself in clingfilm.
Heck why just wear rubber gloves, wear a rubber complete cat suit so you never have to touch anyone ever again!

victory

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I find it best to wear rubber cloves !

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:imagine rubber cloves :rotfl::rotfl:

Teerah

geri1965 wrote: »

But what about the door handles and stuff you have to touch after you've washed your hands?

As another poster
above, I use my last paper towel or a tissue to open main door and dispose of it outside in a bin. Otherwise, I agree, it would be pointless

BitterAndTwisted

I do but I think it's just force of habit. I'm a lady so I don't actually touch my body when I go for a wee. Unlike men. Still, if we worried about every germ or virus on taps and door-handles it would just be safer to stay at home 24/7. But NOT in the kitchen: that's a dangerous place.

Where was it I read that there are more germs on a chopping-board than on a loo-seat? I'd be willing to take my chances in public lavs rather than touch some people's dishcloths, for instance