Washing hands only to use manky handle

Drakares

I hate opening a bathroom door in university or work after using the toilet.

I'll wash my hands, and leave using the infected door handle, because no doubt some dirt bird with a cheesy mickey didn't wash his hands and used the same handle 5 mins earlier.

These should be installed in all public bathrooms around the country, IMO.


Who's with me?

padma

carry a piece of toilet tissue with you to open the door, if no tissue use coat or sleeve etc.

Mint Sauce

Until someone clatters their ankle of it and sues.

Boombastic

How many people have died or caught an illness from touching the handle?

Although I think everyone should wash their hands, a risk assessment needs to be carried out here

corkgsxr

Have ya ever thought of all the dirt and bacteria you pick up on your shoes? Do ya wash your hands after you take off your shoes. Or after using your keyboard or touching money.

People are far to concerned about what they perceive as dirty

Kylo Ren

Drakares wrote: »

I hate opening a bathroom door in university or work after using the toilet.

I'll wash my hands, and leave using the infected door handle, because no doubt some dirt bird with a cheesy mickey didn't wash his hands and used the same handle 5 mins earlier.

These should be installed in all public bathrooms around the country, IMO.


Who's with me?

Sure, lets just get rid of doors completely.

Banjo String

Use your mouth to open the door.

It's always been considered a third grand anyway OP.

ejmaztec

Adult Pampers solve this problem.

Solair

You can only take reasonable precautions. After a while it becomes a bit 'OCD'.

We live in a world completely covered in bacteria, viruses and fungal spores and our immune systems generally keep them under control.

Jester252

Lets spend money we don't have on a different way to open a door, that would only be use by clean freaks, that might cause people to trip over and sue.
Seems like a good idea to me.

changeling

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=602585

Always thought I was being overly cautious when using my sleeve or some tissue to open doors in public toilets, glad to see am not alone

Capt'n Midnight

the solution is this
http://imgur.com/gallery/16qOpVb


BTW you've probably built up some immunity to the germs in your environs so touching your junk isn't as bad as touching someone elses.


Also wearing a face mask helps prevent colds and flu because it stops you touching your orifices with your hands.

Vicar in a tutu

use your foot or elbow to open the door like most normal ppl OP

Solair

What would be a better idea (and this applies to the UK too) would be to put normal mixer-taps in toilets/bathrooms and everywhere else.

There's this unique Irish and British thing of putting in single taps, so you can either wash your hands in freezing water or scalding water!

It's some kind of plumbing tradition that seems to exist in Ireland and Britain. I can only assume that there's some mythological fear of mixing hot and cold water incase it angries up the water pixies or something...

I've never seen it ANYWHERE else in the developed world!

It's no wonder people don't wash their hands properly here.

py2006

I remember reading before that it is more hygienic not to wash your hands in public toilets than it is to wash them.

Boombastic

I'll just leave this here


The petri-dish that is your iPhone: The pictures which reveal the hidden bacteria lurking on your mobile

Iwannahurl

The OP has a point.

I don't want to send anyone's CDO* into hyperdrive, but the links to medical journals below support the OP's hypothesis:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23077475

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22242091

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12090803









* OCD, but with the letters in the correct order.

Latchy

Solair wrote: »

You can only take reasonable precautions. After a while it becomes a bit 'OCD'.

We live in a world completely covered in bacteria, viruses and fungal spores and our immune systems generally keep them under control.

Exactly, more or less everything we handle carries bacteria and washing our hands and using hand disinfectant helps to keep the balance in order .

Boombastic

Iwannahurl wrote: »

The OP has a point.

I don't want to send anyone's CDO* into hyperdrive, but the links to medical journals below support the OP's hypothesis:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23077475

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22242091

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12090803



* OCD, but with the letters in the correct order.

Why does a college handle need to be as sterile as specialised intensive care units and one high dependency unit in a tertiary referral NHS neurological hospital ?



*COD - OCD but with the letters in the right order

jprboy

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

.......
Also wearing a face mask helps prevent colds and flu because it stops you touching your orifices with your hands.

Eh?

Do you wear a face mask on your ass?

Capt'n Midnight

jprboy wrote: »

Eh?

Do you wear a face mask on your ass?

Drakares

Drakares wrote: »

I hate opening a bathroom door in university or work after using the toilet.

I'll wash my hands, and leave using the infected door handle, because no doubt some dirt bird with a cheesy mickey didn't wash his hands and used the same handle 5 mins earlier.

These should be installed in all public bathrooms around the country, IMO.


Who's with me?

I've thought the same before but decided I didn't care that much.. My dick is cleaner than anything else I touch so usually wash before and after. But never been sick or cared about germs in a toilet.

Didn't read the thread but as I'm sure someone has pointed out, it's good for your body to have things to fight.

ElleEm

I cover my hand with my sleeve when opening doors/ pushing traffic light buttons/ buttons on trains and buses etc. If I haven't got long sleeves on I will open the door using my baby finger at the very top or bottom of the handle as it is probably the least touched part of the handle.

My da is a germ- phobe and he taught me well!

ejmaztec

Manky handles are one thing, but getting your hands on a dirty crusty knob is something entirely different.

longshanks

ejmaztec wrote: »

Manky handles are one thing, but getting your hands on a dirty crusty knob is something entirely different.

Door knob. He means door knob..
Doesn't he?

Oranage2

This has never bothered me until I went to a country that clean their backside with their hand.

In Ireland this is a first world problem...literally

Alun

Drakares wrote: »

I hate opening a bathroom door in university or work after using the toilet.

These should be installed in all public bathrooms around the country, IMO.

Is this boards.us?

ejmaztec

Alun wrote: »

Is this boards.us?

Perhaps the OP didn't want to say "sh1tter".

Drakares

Alun wrote: »

Is this boards.us?

Wat

Alun

Drakares wrote: »

Wat

Using the word 'bathroom' or 'washroom' to describe a public toilet is a US thing.

The Road Runner

Simples. Don't wash your hands. Then you're the one leaving the germs.