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I'm a washer not a walker lol!! and I've got bacterial gel too

I am very fussy about hand hygiene, to the extent that I carry a bottle of alcohol cleansing gel in my handbag at all times, because some public loo sinks are so manky. I have taught my children that washing means soap AND water, as just danging your fingers unfer the tap merely makes them wet, it does not make them clean. Liz

There's a girl at work - a smashing girl - who very quickly shoves her hands under the cold water tap after coming out of the cubicle, thereby only just moistening them. No soap. At home, every now and then, she makes a Banoffee Pie for us to tuck into, but due to the above I (along with other females in the office) have never tried it. x P.S. I wash mine, as do the whole family.

Always . Just comes as second nature. Pat

what about the taps? Touch them with your dirty hands then touch them with your clean hand which is then dirty!!!!

iwash mine after iv been joycexx

Lunar, so pleased you mentioned the gloves that should be used by ALL phlebotomists these days. If using new gloves for each patient handwashing isn't such an issue. There are a lot of 'older' phlebs around who trained before gloves were deemed necessary, and being honest, it's difficult to get the touch right when you didn't learn that way to start with. So they should always visibly hand wash between patients, and you have to right to mention it if at all worried. Back to the after the loo question, at work I always wash before and after, but the before ususally happens as we leave the room we are working in. Some public toilets give the impression that you would be cleaner just walking out, bypassing the sinks altogether! Suex

Always wash my hands and try not to use the hand driers - apparently lots of them work by pulling in air from close by and if they are near the toilets the air they pull in is contaminated by airborne bacteria from the loo. I always try to open the main door at the exit after I have washed with my little finger so as not to contaminate the rest of my hand with which I am more likely to touch my mouth, eyes etc.

Few people realise how contaminated handles on flush toilets become, also door knobs. If one uses a public toilet, the effects of washing can be offset by using the door handle to get out of the place. len

Always,,,,,,,having a younge child u become obsessed..LOL.

I don't wash my hands going to the loo (well, sometimes, if I've been gardening) but always when I come out. I saw a TV documentary some time ago and they put CCTV in the gents at Smithfield meat market. 180 meat porters used it in a day and only two washed afterwards. A test was done in a pub on the washing-up water where they 'rinsed' the glasses before standing them on a cloth to drain before re-use. The bacteria count (of the sort found in faeces) was colossal, due to deposits by customers not washing after using the toilets, the contamination in the washing-up water becoming quite concetrated. len

you often find people who are always having tummy troubles blame the Restaurant food when really they dont wash their own hands.We took some people on Holiday, Big mistake he did not wash his hands after anything even picked his Nose in front of us, I ended up losing weight because I would not eat anything in the house. Maybe we could all do with a friend like that.!!!!!

I work on a bar and diner I always wash mine after i come out of the loo and when i go on to the dept i am working on. Val xxx

Always. I am really surprised at some 'ladies' who are smartly dressed, who do not....dirty people...

Germaine I always line the Toilet Seat with Toilet Paper, thought I was unusual. What I can never understand is the mums who come into the Toilets with kids and dont even make them wash their hands either.

I always wash my hand and always with soap (water allone is not washing! the bacteria just go for a swim and land back on your hands) If there is no soap available, I will rinse my hand in water to ensure there is no physical dirt, dry then and then apply alcohol gel. I'm compulsive now about washing my hands (a hazard of traing to be a nurse and having Infection Control drummed into you constantly), most people must think I'm insane as I ensure that I don't miss any part of my hands. (you'd be supprised how poorly you wash your hands if you could see the bacteria) Jean, Most places have gone over to useing alcohol gel as it does a better job then any soap ever could. Also if the phlabotanist/ nurse uses gloves, then they get changed between patients so they don't tend to wash each time. If your concerned you can always ask them to wash there hand again and they should do it. If they refuse you always have the option to report them.

I always do! It's minging when people don't. When I managed a bar in town we used to have to put a new pump action soap in the ladies every week. In the mens it only needed replacing once a month!!!!. Our customers were mainly Men so I got to the point where if I saw a guy coming out of the toilet still doing his flies up I would say Oi you didn't wash your hands and embarrass them into going back and washing them. I didn't want them handing me their money with there dirty hands!!!

Always after and I am one of those who won't sit down if I have to I plaster the seat with toilet roll. Never use the warm air dryers if they haven't paper ones I use roll for that too. Germaine x

Every time without fail. Public toilets are a great insight into how clean people are. I'm astounded by the number of people who don't wash their hands after going to the toilet. Yuck!! Louise

Only time I wash my hands before going to loo, is if I feel it warrants it i.e, knowing my hands are dirty. Can't tolerate anyone who doesn't wash their hands after a visit to the loo and, if I witness it, would not fail to say something or get them told. Disgusting habit! Jen