66% of adults don't wash their hands properly!

Kimbot

I see this:

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/more-than-two-thirds-of-irish-adults-not-washing-hands-properly-645236.html

Now if they are real stats then I can only assume its going to get worse now that we are paying for water.

So Ireland is a nation of scruffs :P

Cupcake_Crisis

I touch people for a living, my hands are spotless!

solomafioso

98% of clickbait statistics are made up on the spot.

Duggy747

I drink dettol and wee on my hands.

ressem

'Properly' is a bit complicated.

Wet hands, fully apply soap lather to hands, leave for 15 seconds, rinse, dry.

How many people that haven't been trained / working in a food prep or manufacturing job would be aware of that?

KomradeBishop

"According to the World Health Organisation, washing your hands properly should take as long as singing 'Happy Birthday' twice."
That's an extremely useful and informative way of measuring time. Think I'll go make something for lunch in about 50 Happy-Birthday's time.

catallus

Global Handwashing Day?

Surely that should be everyday?

bluestrattos

You wash your hands but then you've to pull the door

TommyKnocker

Unless you are going to spend you life in a HazMat suit you are going to come into contact with germs & bugs. Accept this and learn to deal with it. This is why Mother Nature/your creator or whatever gave you a immune system.

That's not to say you should not adhere to some level of personal hygiene, but honestly some folks go to extremes IMHO.

There are tribes living happily in the Amazon rain forests who never heard of bleach, or soap or hand sanitiser etc, etc, etc and they are doing just fine.

Summer wind

I was in a hospital in cork and went into the bathroom. I used the toilet came out and washed my hands. While I was drying my hands a lady came in. She had a stethoscope around her neck and was carrying some files. She put the files on a counter and went in and used the toilet. Then she came out and picked up the files and walked out without washing her hands. Wouldn't you just love her to be your doctor:eek:

Kimbot

Summer wind wrote: »

Wouldn't you just love her to be your doctor:eek:

Washing her hands doesnt matter, was she hot? :P

Generic Dreadhead

Summer wind wrote: »

I was in a hospital in cork and went into the bathroom. I used the toilet came out and washed my hands. While I was drying my hands a lady came in. She had a stethoscope around her neck and was carrying some files. She put the files on a counter and went in and used the toilet. Then she came out and picked up the files and walked out without washing her hands. Wouldn't you just love her to be your doctor:eek:

You must have taken an age drying those hands for all that to happen :rolleyes:

rubadub

jonny24ie wrote: »

So Ireland is a nation of scruffs :P

It gave no info of other countries, we could be the best & most frequent hand cleaners on the planet.

Summer wind

jonny24ie wrote: »

Washing her hands doesnt matter, was she hot? :P

Not as hot as me:)

Cormac... wrote: »

You must have taken an age drying those hands for all that to happen :rolleyes:

Oh I just love hanging out in bathrooms you never know who you could meet:)

castletownman

Washing hands is for nerds.

Especially if you don't mind a bit of pink eye.

Generic Dreadhead

Summer wind wrote: »

Not as hot as me:)

Oh I just love hanging out in bathrooms you never know who you could meet:)

Suzanne Mc$hiteHands apparently

Slicemeister

So basically only 1 in three hands get washed OP?

Admittedly I only washed my right hand last time.

crannglas

Seems to me the world is gone mad. Ireland got sicker the more they became afraid of a bit of dirt. Germs are majority good for you and prevents illness. Weak immunity I noticed these days. I am sick approximately once every five years. Shows you how many times a day I wash my hands.

Fat Christy

crannglas wrote: »

Seems to me the world is gone mad. Ireland got sicker the more they became afraid of a bit of dirt. Germs are majority good for you and prevents illness. Weak immunity I noticed these days. I am sick approximately once every five years. Shows you how many times a day I wash my hands.

Hear hear. A bit of dirt never killed anyone. I'd eat food that fell in the ground and bring lunch on hikes with me where I can't wash my hands......I rarely get sick.

People these days are overly obsessed with washing and sanitizing their hands.

crannglas

Fat Christy wrote: »

Hear hear. A bit of dirt never killed anyone. I'd eat food that fell in the ground and bring lunch on hikes with me where I can't wash my hands......I rarely get sick.

People these days are overly obsessed with washing and sanitizing their hands.

Manky hands manky face rolling in muck lol

looking_around

jonny24ie wrote: »

I see this:

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/more-than-two-thirds-of-irish-adults-not-washing-hands-properly-645236.html

Now if they are real stats then I can only assume its going to get worse now that we are paying for water.

So Ireland is a nation of scruffs :P

Why?
You use a little water, wet the hands, then use soap and work up a lather. Tap does not need to be running, Wash your hands thoroughly (there's a 6 step process., don't forget your wrists) THEN rinse the soap off. do not touch tap to close, use paper.

Most people Just touch water on their hands quickly and walk away.
Or wash without soap.
Or put soap, rub their palms 2 or 3 times and wash the soap away without actually doing anything with it.

PizzamanIRL

You wash your hands but then you touch the button on the hand drier.

When you wash your hands, you just spread the germs to different parts of your hand and onto the hand towel to dry them.

Speaking of germs, next time you drink from a can, think of where you're putting your mouth and where that can has been.

looking_around

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

You wash your hands but then you touch the button on the hand drier.

What button? all the ones I've seen are automatic.

When you wash your hands, you just spread the germs to different parts of your hand and onto the hand towel to dry them.

thats why you use soap and warm water. to kill the germs.
And paper towels, to dispose of after.

Speaking of germs, next time you drink from a can, think of where you're putting your mouth and where that can has been.

I dont drink from cans, creeps me out.

PizzamanIRL

looking_around wrote: »

What button? all the ones I've seen are automatic.

thats why you use soap and warm water. to kill the germs.
And paper towels, to dispose of after.



I dont drink from cans, creeps me out.

That's personal preference.

Not all hand driers are automatic and the hand towels apply to households as well, not just public toilets

The Diabolical Monocle

Summer wind wrote: »

I was in a hospital in cork and went into the bathroom. I used the toilet came out and washed my hands. While I was drying my hands a lady came in. She had a stethoscope around her neck and was carrying some files. She put the files on a counter and went in and used the toilet. Then she came out and picked up the files and walked out without washing her hands. Wouldn't you just love her to be your doctor:eek:

Maybe she was a proctologist and just thought 'ah whats the point'.

kneemos

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

You wash your hands but then you touch the button on the hand drier.

When you wash your hands, you just spread the germs to different parts of your hand and onto the hand towel to dry them.

Speaking of germs, next time you drink from a can, think of where you're putting your mouth and where that can has been.

Uh? where has the can been?

dodderangler

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

I touch people for a living, my hands are spotless!

Tail Docker

I wash my hands before I p1ss. I know what's on my lad, he's all shiny - I've generally no idea what's on my hands.

Fat Christy

crannglas wrote: »

Manky hands manky face rolling in muck lol

Speak for yourself! My face is beautiful.

Summer wind

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Maybe she was a proctologist and just thought 'ah whats the point'.

Maybe she was just down in the dumps because she was stuck at the bottom of her profession:)

crannglas

Fat Christy wrote: »

Speak for yourself! My face is beautiful.

Pics or gtfo