Do you honestly wash your hands after going to the bathroom?

I never used to. Seriously. I actually really used to take pride in that. With my friends in public, I would go as far as turning on the faucett and purposely NOT touch the water. And I made sure they saw. I always got a laugh out of it.|||ugh lol only 50% of the time...ok a lil more than half the time i do wash my hands...its gross though:-P but sometimes i just don;t bother|||Yes I do, every time.|||I do at work, but I don%26#039;t at home.





And yet, despite not washing my hands all the time, somehow I don%26#039;t get as sick as others who do.|||boo f*cking hoo. i do not have OCD! i don%26#039;t get anything on my hands, and i never get sick. LOL|||YES.!!! omg youre the reason why even after us normal people wash our hands we hold on to that paper towel for dear life to turn the faucet off and open those darn pull the door handle. we don%26#039;t want your piss on our hands too! gross!|||Yes you should. End of story|||When I was younger,


I used to be lazy about washing my hands.


And for some strange reason, I was always


catching every cold and flu bug that came around!


Then I decided to be more diligent about washing


my hands and guess-what?


I hardly ever catch colds and the flu anymore!


Who-Knew?|||if im in a publis restroom i will definitly. but at home, its not always necessary for me. i will sometimes though just because its more sanitary but, eh.|||I really do wash my hands EVERY single time I go to the bathroom.





Especially at work; the toilet is the cleanest thing in a public bathroom... everything else you have to touch, like the door handle and flush handle is FILTHY. Plus with all the door handles and stuff we touch during the day, it%26#039;s good to wash your hands a few times a day anyway. Even if the act of going to the bathroom didn%26#039;t bring you in contact with germs, it would be good to wash your hands while you were there by the sinks.|||Yes, I do, and I rarely get sick and have no communicable diseases.





Think about what%26#039;s on that faucet the next time you put your hands on your private parts...|||somtimes I dont when I go number one I dont always to though.|||Yes, of course.|||ewww.. thank god you are not my friend!





YES.. YES.. YES..|||99% of the time I do. The only exceptions are a) in the middle of the night--I don%26#039;t want to stand there and wash my hands when I could be back in my warm bed, and it%26#039;s not like I%26#039;m going to touch anything anyway, and b) if I%26#039;m using the bathroom and I hear the kids starting to fight/cry because they%26#039;re hurt, etc., I%26#039;ll run out to check on them then wash my hands in the kitchen. This rarely happens though.|||Heck yeah everytime and if I see someone not washing their hands after coming out of the bathroom like relatives, I tell them. Once, I saw a Burger King employee come out of the bathroom and went right back to fixing the food without washing her hands, of course I didn%26#039;t eat there--I left.|||I ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS wash my hands after the bathroom. I wash them after grocery shopping and pumping gas too.


I got sepsis once and very nearly died. Sepsis is a horible blood infection that I got because someone didn%26#039;t wash their hands after going to the bathroom and then preparing my food.|||Absolutely yes.


I feel like there is literally a layer of germs and crap covering my hands and I can%26#039;t leave the room without washing my hands and opening the door with a paper towel|||Great way to spread disease, especially if you cook/prepare food after you don%26#039;t wash your hands. Try getting fecal matter in your food, hopefully survive, pay the doctor bill and then take pride in not washing your hands.





Yes, I wash my hands after I use the restroom.|||ALWAYS! It grosses me out if I don%26#039;t, and it%26#039;s my own stuff! I even turn the water off and open the door with a paper towel, because of people who do what you used to :o)|||You should always wash your hands after using a restroom. First of all, there are so many germs in a public restroom! Do you know that when you flush a toilet, feces and urine spray all over the place!?!?! GROSS! I wash my hands every time I use. Now, when I%26#039;m in my house, I won%26#039;t wash them if I just take a tinkle and I don%26#039;t plan on cooking. But you should always wash them after the other!|||of its just peeing and im home chilling then no





shrugs*|||If you knew what microscopic bugs crawled on each surface you touched and what those bug could do to you. You would wash your hands more. Trust me. Go visit a hospital sometime and ask a nurse. I wash my hands bathroom or not. Consequently its been years since I had a cold.|||I can%26#039;t ever leave the bathroom without washing my hands|||YES i do. i am part of the antiseptic society!|||Didn%26#039;t too much until worked with a former nurse who showed me how she washed her hands very frequently during the day, including always after restrooms. She very rarely got sick and we worked with a lot of people. She said alot of people forget to scrub the the tops of their hands, too. Also they should put their fingers between each other like you are praying and wash there. My mom says sing, %26quot;Happy Birthday%26quot; so it%26#039;s long enough, but articles usually say about 20 seconds of washing.


Also, she would say that we should insist that doctors wash their hands if they come into your hospital room if they don%26#039;t. There is a sink there for that purpose, so they don%26#039;t carry staph, etc. , etc., person to person to person.


If you use hand sanitizer, someone else told me you can use it before you are with people who are sick, too, to protect against germs, as well as afterwards. Was told to use the sanitizer twice at a time as the % alcohal is not high enough to be totally effective otherwise.|||Absolutely! I do enjoy eating you know. I care about those i touch. I wouldn%26#039;t want to leave germs everywhere and make those I love terribly ill. Particularly now that they have the SUPER BUG popping up! It%26#039;s called MRSA! Google it!|||I didn%26#039;t always do it but I always do it now because I know that it is the better decision. Whatever u might think, you don%26#039;t want to carry whatever is in the restroom back to whatever u were doing. Our hands were made so we could frequently wash them. We are meant to wash them or you might find yourself with some funky illness or skin condition. Do yourself and others a favour and please wash after. It doesn%26#039;t take long...You%26#039;ve got everything to gain and nothing to lose, right?|||Yes, I do.





We are civilized, we all should.





If not because you want to, then for the sake of sanitation and good hygiene|||Not only do I wash my hands after, but I wash them before I go. You never know what is on your hands and if the germs can spread to your private parts. I also use a paper towel to open/close the stall door. If you think of it, someone just wiped and then touched the lock to go out and wash. Yuck! I don%26#039;t want someone elses pee on my hands (even for a minute) till I go and wash.


Please, for your sake and that of your friends, wash.|||Yes i seriously do... eww dude.|||I used to when I was really young and didn%26#039;t know much about bacteria, now that I know, I wash my hands about 30 times a day regardless of whether I use the washroom or not, just a sanitary thing. It is possible to get HIV/Aids from not washing hands and then shaking or touching there hands, so please wash your hands after each time you use the bathroom.

How many times a day do you wash your hands?

I tend to find myself washing my hands... a lot.





I don%26#039;t know why either, just always have.|||Not sure really, can%26#039;t say I ever really counted. Or how to count, since if one is washing one%26#039;s face (or the dishes), one%26#039;s hands get washed anyway. Generally, I wash my face twice a day, unless for some reason I manage to get dirty. More and my skin doesn%26#039;t like it.





Hands...hm...Well, always after using the bathroom, of course. And then maybe twice? Not including the face washing? I guess it depends on what I%26#039;m doing.





Increases if I notice someone with a cold I%26#039;ve come in contact with. Oh, and always before I prepare food, and that%26#039;s about twice a day. (I tend to skip breakfast.)





If I tried to average it, I%26#039;d probably say somewhere between five and seven. I%26#039;m not compulsive about it. If they need it, I wash.|||I have a little bit of obsessive compulsive disorder when it comes to washing my hands, meaning I was them ALOT!!|||too many times, probably 20 or so.|||whenever I get the chance; the restroom, before %26amp; after meals,....|||A lot of times|||25 times ............i know its too much!!|||Some people with OCD wash their hands alot.


I wash it about 5 times....

Do mood rings still work when you wash your hands?

Cause I bought one from a gift shop, and I wash my hands before and after I eat, and I ate, so...|||I always took mine off but I dont see why they wouldnt especially after they dry.|||the only thing mood rings do is sort of tell you your body temperature. the reason why mood rings are blue...that%26#039;s what color it changes to at normal body temperature. and if you wash your hands in either really cold or really hot water, they usually turn black, but slowly revert back to blue.





so they still work after you wash your hands for a good while. eventually, the colors will whirl and sort of get cloudy, but that should be a while.|||well i don%26#039;t think your supposed to get them wet so....|||Yes, mood rings turn colors depending on temperature so water would just make it change colors, not damage it|||I would think so, but only after it got dry....I have one I have had for several years.... Fun, aren%26#039;t they?|||%26quot;Mood Rings%26quot; or any type of %26quot;Mood Jewelry%26quot; should never be exposed directly to water. The reason is that if moisture or water seeps into the %26quot;Liquid Crystal%26quot; (the color-changing element), it will become diluted %26amp; no longer work as well -and- eventually won%26#039;t work at all. This is why, when you buy a %26quot;Mood Ring%26quot; or any other piece of %26quot;Mood Jewelry%26quot;, it often says at the bottom of the %26quot;Mood Color Chart%26quot; to %26quot;Avoid Water%26quot;. Fortunately %26quot;Mood Items%26quot; are usually pretty inexpensive %26amp; if yours has become water-logged (so-to-speak), you can probably easily afford a new one.

For killing germs, is it better to wash your hands in hot or cold water?

I%26#039;m thinking cold; germs can%26#039;t survive cold, can they?|||it is best to wash your hands with hot water and an anti-bacterial handwash.|||Warm water and antibacterial handsoap.


:o)|||hot, very hot water.|||I am going to say hot/warm water with soap is the best because it is more conforting to me! I do not like being so cold, unless I am hot. So the hot water does two things, cleans and keeps me warm!|||I recently heard that it was better in luke warm water. Cold water does not kill germs and when you wash in hot water, you tend to not wash as long since the water is hot.|||use hot water, it kills germs(that%26#039;s the reason we boil water)|||hot or cold water doesnot make much difference. Better use some antiseptic liquid like dettol|||hot water kills germs its just like heat when cooking germs get killed at a certain temperature use a bacteria killing soap also and wash thoroughly|||hot soapy water|||I think hot water would be better.|||Use warm water (not cold or hot) when you wash your hands.

Do you wash your hands after you go potty?

Ew if you don%26#039;t! Didn%26#039;t you Mamma teach you good manners? I wash my hands after using the toilet.|||So you should. It will protect you and those around you from ill-health.|||yes always wash them very well. i agree with you if people out there don%26#039;t ew. you know what bugs me when i go to walmart and the girls come out for m going to the bathroom and don%26#039;t wash their hands then while im in the store i look for them to make sure i don%26#039;t touch anything they touch|||ALL the time. And various times throughout the day when I feel like it%26#039;s been long enough between wash times. I%26#039;m slightly germaphobic.|||Dude. Like..No. That%26#039;s overrated. Lol jk. I have obsessive compulsivve, I cant stop! LOL|||Every time|||Gotta|||Ew that%26#039;s disgusting if they dont D:|||Only if there is no TP and i wipe with my bare hand.|||Yes, always.|||Yeah. No H1N1 virus for me!|||Yes I do...|||Have to|||Yes.|||No. and i%26#039;m using my filthy hands on this keyboard now.. yea yea|||if someone doesn%26#039;t, then they are disgusting.

Is it safe to wash your hands in water containing lead?

My daughter%26#039;s school has lead in its pipes...the kids were told not to drink the water but that it was ok to wash their hands in it...is this true...and how safe is this practice?...Would she be better off not washing her hands with this water?...|||You%26#039;ll be surprised what penetrates our skin on a daily basis, so I doubt it would be safe....


Buy disposable handy wipes or hand sanitizer that%26#039;s a safer route.


Look what I found for you.....





If my water has high lead levels, is it safe to take a bath or shower?





Yes, bathing and showering should be safe for you and your children, even if the water contains lead over EPA鈥檚 action level. Human skin does not absorb lead in water.





This information applies to most situations and to a large majority of the population, but individual circumstances may vary. Some situations, such as cases involving highly corrosive water, may require additional recommendations or more stringent actions. At all times, your local water authority remains your first source for testing and identifying lead contamination in your tap water. Many public water authorities have Web sites that include data on drinking water quality, including results of lead testing.|||we all need to wash our hands often.





but the bigger question is where is the water going after it goes down the drain?|||Fortunately, lead is poorly absorbed through the skin. Children who develop lead poisoning generally do so through ingestion or inhalation (exhaust from leaded gasoline, or aerosolized lead-contaminated dust). As long as your child does not ingest the water, she should be fine.





Another way to think about this question is to ask, %26quot;what is the risk of NOT washing her hands?%26quot; Since many viruses and bacteria are passed by dirty hands, your child would be at a higher risk of getting sick than developing lead poisoning (assuming she doesn%26#039;t drink the water).|||Most of the pipes/plumbing of the early 50%26#039;2 thru 90%26#039;s were made of lead, steel or galvanized steel, with lead in them all. Lead should not pass thru intact skin, but may thru broken skin. Lead is usually ingested or inhaled. The benfits of good hand washing, especially in a school are positive. Not washing hands after using the toilet especially, is hazardous to anyones health, especially food handlers. Tell her to continue to wash and rinse her hands well after using the restrooms at school, but don%26#039;t drink the water! Give her bottled water to drink.|||as long as the kids don%26#039;t put their hands near their mouth but i wouldn%26#039;t even risk it

Guys, do you wash your hands after peeing or only after pooping?

I know my penis is clean but I always wash my hands after peeing anyway. I%26#039;m not sure why.


And yeah, I%26#039;m really bored to be asking a question like this. LOL!|||Clean you nards in the shower and you will be good for a day.


As long as u don%26#039;t get pee on you hand u will be fine.|||there%26#039;s an awesome automatic foam germ ex dispenser at my school so i wash my hands with that over 50 times a day! so before and after and during.|||i%26#039;m just gonna sit back and watch all the filthy guys admit to havin sh1tty%26#039; oh i forgot to clean %26#039;em%26#039; hands.........|||i wash my hands at least 30x a day i work in a hospital


to answer before and after each use|||both