'Only 53% wash hands after defecation'

timesofindia ^ | 07/07/08 | Meenakshi Kumar

[loreldan]

Disgusting

[Charles Henrickson]

[gusopol3]

Interestingly, president George W Bush is finicky about cleaning after shaking hands. He shocked Barack Obama when they met the first time. Immediately after shaking hands with him, he sprayed a hand sanitiser, leaving Obama mortified

urban legend ?

[Rome2000]

I can’t think of one good reason to ever visit India

[beaversmom]

In fact, a study conducted in West Bengal and Tripura

If I'm ever in West Bengal and Tripura, remind me not to eat or touch anything. I hope these stats are a little better in the U.S. I'm really hoping.

[gusopol3]

snopes has nothing on it, at least as I phrased the question. Fight the Smears! ....errr.

[Uri’el-2012]

Does anyone think that this is why the hand picked
tomatoes cause disease and death here in the USA ?

[TornadoAlley3]

Obama said it:)

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/28/us/politics/28dirty.html

[TornadoAlley3]

“It’s condescending to the voters,” said Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, a Democrat.

A fervent nonuser of hand sanitizer, Mr. Richardson holds the Guinness Book of World Records mark for shaking the most hands over an eight-hour period (13,392, at the New Mexico State Fair in 2002).

[Straight Vermonter]

Twinkle twinkle little star...

[gusopol3]

thanks!

[gorush]

Excrement occurs.

[MaxMax]

Wait a minute, I’m supposed to wash my hands after?

[JavaJumpy]

Great timing - it’s only dinnertime here in some parts of the US! :)

[Lonely Bull]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897938/posts

From a vaguely similar story, last year:

Men were the biggest offenders, with just 66 percent of men seen washing their hands in public bathrooms

and

Men's hygiene was worst at Atlanta's Turner Field, where just 57 percent of men were observed washing their hands after using the toilet at the baseball venue.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

"Interestingly, president George W Bush is finicky about cleaning after shaking hands. He shocked Barack Obama when they met the first time. Immediately after shaking hands with him, he sprayed a hand sanitiser, leaving Obama mortified. But as he later clarified, he was just getting rid of some germs on his hands!"

Bull scat.

[upsdriver]

I hope these stats are a little better in the U.S. I'm really hoping.

Don't bet on it. I am amazed at the high number who do not wash their hands in men's restrooms. I have even witnessed doctors(off duty) who failed to wash their hands. Of course, even those of us who do wash have to touch the same door handles that the unwashed use. Sort of negates the whole thing.

[ccmay]

Disgusting

Indeed, but this is not confined to the Third World. There was a famous study performed in the men's room at a major convention of infectious-disease specialists. More than 40% of those who had used the facilities neglected to wash their hands afterwards.

The dirtiest thing in the world is the handle on the mens' room door. It is covered with an invisible veneer of fecal matter. I always use a piece of paper towel to open the door after I wash my hands.

-ccm

[beaversmom]

I do use a paper towel if there is a door knob in the bathroom. I also try to remember to do that if I’m eating at a buffet restaurant—use a napkin to pick up the serving utensils that 500 other people have touched.