Hand Washing

vampire my regime is about the same as yours. I used to teach handwashing of all things when I was an Infection Control Nurse you'd be surprised how many people miss significant parts of their hands like the thumbs and in between the fingers and the back of the hand. we had an exercise medium which showed up the parts they had missed. I don't use handwipes or alcohol hand gel at home preferring good old soap and water but have some with me for when I'm out and about. as for transfer of organisms from surfaces I always remember a passage in one of the IC manuals which read something like 'organisms are perfectly capable of migrating through toilet paper' nasty!

I rinse my hands a lot as I don't like them to feel sticky, including sweaty sticky. However, my hands also get properly dirty quite a lot in the garden. I 'use' doing a bowl of washing-up in hot soapy water as a way to get both the dishes and my hands clean at the same time.

I don't think hand-washing is as important after just urinating as it is after a bowel movement. I wash my hands every time I use the loo but am certainly more thorough, for good reason, after a 'number two'.

Those people who worry about germs on the exit door handles of public loos, there are several coping strategies one can use: push the door, if it's a pusher, with a clothed part of your anatomy; if it's a puller pull your sleeve over your hand. Stuff lke that.

Alternatively, you could think about how many times you have actually been made ill by germs on door handles. In my case that number is zero so I don't worry about it. I'm not counting mild cold symptoms which I have nearly all the time.

I love washing my hands and do so as frequently as I can. Not only because of germs and dirt but because I just love the idea of being clean and the smell of the soap/gel/whatever. It always bothers me that some people simply don't wash their hands enough, or at all, even!

I also wash my hands frequently - my DH used to say I couldn't pass a sink or basin without washing my hands!

Recently I met a friend for coffee and we used the ladies room, there we were at the basins washing our hands when we noticed the number of people who would just put their hands under the running tap for about 3 seconds. Now it is possible that we are a bit pedantic about this (she is a former nurse and I am almost OCD). It means that we wash our hands but then have to touch a door handle covered in other peoples germs! Don't people realise you need to wash your hands (with soap and preferably hot water) for at least 20 seconds for it to do any good. My grandmother taught me that you could time this by singing a couple of verses of "Happy Birthday to you" (in your head!!!!)

I meant to write, very good jingl.
Early deaths in mine were childbirth related, and ops going wrong. Stuff that is treatable nowadays.

My hands are raw at present as I have been looking after people with a tummy virus - and the dettox wipes are taking a bot of a bashing!

I am too scared to count handwashings. I could get a bit fixated!

Mine did soon! 93. Not bad.

I have no idea how often I wash mine. An interesting little exercise to do.

Our grannies didnt survive anywhere near as long, or as well.
3 of my grandparents were dead before I was born.
I realised a few weeks ago, that my grandkids are likely to have up to 7 greatgrandparents alive when they are born. Such a difference in the space of about 70 years.

Actually, they do tell you to wash your hands frequently. But you do wonder how our grannies survived. I'm sure they didn't wash as often.

That sounds quite similar to the number of times I wash mine.

#slightlynuttyme

Sounds about right to me. I would follow the same routine as you. I do keep hand cream in the kitchen and use it regularly otherwise my hands really suffer.

I confess I wash mine a lot less than that