Re: Poor toilet hygiene behind E. coli superbug spread
OK, Just scrubbed my hands, Omah.
I imagine we could be surprised at just how many people don't wash their hands after using the loo.
I think there could sometimes be many genuine reasons for forgetting, e.g. the phone goes, or the door bell rings and they dash to answer it, (no excuse I know), or the elderly who live alone and may have dementia or cannot stand at the basin on their own for long enough.
I remember getting my poor old Mum a 'Perching Stool' because her legs would support her at the sink otherwise.
Then there's the people working outside like perhaps builders who may use one of those porta cabin thingy's who might have no proper washing facilities - then they sit in their trucks and eat their pack-ups!
There are also those that be miles away from a clean toilet - like farmers, or people fishing, or landscapers.
I always wonder about the roadside salesmen too. People like hot dog stalls, ice cream and/or burger vans and so on.
Where do they go to the toilet?
I have even seen nurses go from one bed to the next without washing.
Again, going back to my Mum, when she was in hospital in her late 80's, she contracted C-Diff AND E.Coli.
It wasn't diagnosed until I insisted a stool sample was analysed, and then she was isolated, but think of how any people she might have infected in that ward before isolation, let alone me being given her soiled laundry to bring home and wash!
Having said that, there are maybe also some just plain dirty buggers who couldn't care less about hygiene.
Isn't this why they say never eat the peanuts on a pub bar?
I am very aware of hygiene as we had to practice strict hygiene when I worked in a care home, and we had to also learn about food hygiene and cross contamination, and all sorts, but I guess there will always be those who don't bother. I like to think most of us do, though.