Add this step to proper hand washing
Mar 12, 2020 17:32:05 #
therwol
Loc: USA
Once you're done, don't turn off the faucet with your wet, clean hands. This causes you to touch the faucet that you turned on with dirty hands, not to mention the fact that others touched the faucet with their dirty hands. Turn off the faucet with a clean paper towel or your elbow if none is available. This is what medical people are trained to do. (I'm a retired physician. I know about this from personal experience.)
There is another issue when exiting a public restroom when the exit door requires that you pull on a handle to get out. You can use the same paper towel to grab the handle, and hopefully there is a place close by to dispose of it. Restrooms that only have a blower to dry your hands can present a problem in this scenario. I don't have a simple answer for that.
I've never been a compulsive hand washer outside of work, but it looks like we're all going to have to step it up to prevent the spread of the corona virus.
There is another issue when exiting a public restroom when the exit door requires that you pull on a handle to get out. You can use the same paper towel to grab the handle, and hopefully there is a place close by to dispose of it. Restrooms that only have a blower to dry your hands can present a problem in this scenario. I don't have a simple answer for that.
I've never been a compulsive hand washer outside of work, but it looks like we're all going to have to step it up to prevent the spread of the corona virus.
Mar 12, 2020 18:56:45 #
no paper towels to been seen these days...........no tissues, no toilet paper!
Mar 12, 2020 18:58:10 #
I have started carrying a small bottle of hand sanitizer and a small pack of anti bacterial wipes for just an occasion.
Mar 12, 2020 19:14:28 #
therwol wrote:
Once you're done, don't turn off the faucet with y... (show quote)
Shhh! My wife is a retired surgical and lab RN, her last job was OR Charge Nurse. When I wash my hands unless at least two layers of skin cells come off she tells me it isn't enough. And I decided I needed more health/sanitation guidance so we put our daughter through UCLA Pre-med and now she is 2nd year Med at the University of Virginia and sends "helpful hints" via text and e-mail.
And I get it from our oldest son also. During 3 years at Ft Bragg as a combat engineer for SOG HQ he became Civil Affairs and to kill more time took and passed all but one class to be a SF medic.
I am the village/family idiot. History, Geography and Government teacher. Though I found with a history credential you can teach other subjects if the school changes the name of the class to "The History and Practice of...". They did that to me for one year of Photography and one semester of 10th Grade English.
Mar 12, 2020 19:49:26 #
therwol
Loc: USA
robertjerl wrote:
Shhh! My wife is a retired surgical and lab RN, h... (show quote)
When I worked as a physician, I washed my hands a hundred times a day, and they always had a rash from being dried out and sometimes bled. I thought I was past that. Oh well.
Mar 12, 2020 19:50:16 #
Mar 12, 2020 19:52:27 #
therwol
Loc: USA
dancers wrote:
no paper towels to been seen these days...........no tissues, no toilet paper!
Yes, we've seen that in the news. Our friends in the UK tell us it's starting over there as well. I don't see that here in the US (yet), but you can't find any N95 masks anywhere, and hand sanitizer is in short supply.
Mar 12, 2020 19:58:30 #
Mar 12, 2020 20:04:05 #
RGHRGH wrote:
don't worry all supplies are coming.
worry has never solved any problem!
Mar 12, 2020 20:32:15 #
therwol wrote:
When I worked as a physician, I washed my hands a hundred times a day, and they always had a rash from being dried out and sometimes bled. I thought I was past that. Oh well.
When I was a kid my Grandmother still made home made Lye soap. Try that stuff for a while. I swear it killed the gems and their ancestors for 10 generations back. And if you didn't rinse, rinse and rinse your hands looked like you cleaned them with a sand blaster.
Mar 12, 2020 20:33:43 #
RGHRGH wrote:
don't worry all supplies are coming.
Are you sure, I thought they were all made in China?
Mar 12, 2020 20:45:56 #
robertjerl wrote:
Are you sure, I thought they were all made in China?
Australian toilet paper is made in Australia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!praise be!
Mar 12, 2020 21:08:02 #
dancers wrote:
Australian toilet paper is made in Australia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!praise be!
I think our's here in California is made in Canada in a factory staffed by Sasquatches.
Mar 13, 2020 01:17:32 #
Several USA brands of toilet paper are manufactured in Neenah Wisconsin.
Mar 13, 2020 06:29:39 #
Maybe try washing the on and off facet handle while your washing your hands or turn it off with your elbow if possible. Hard to touch your face with your elbow.
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