When your partner’s hand, of course you feel comfortable. But what if if you know that the he had just come out of the restroom without washing his hands. Sure, you think twice about going hand in hand.
Apparently, as many as 23 percent of men do not wash their hands after using the toilet. Thus the results of polls conducted by Harris Interactive for American Cleaning Institute, as quoted from Aol Health
While women, only seven percent who do not wash their hands with soap after using the restroom.
By pretending to comb his hair or tidy up the clothes, the researchers Harris actually get to watch more than 6,000 adult men who use the toilet at Turner Field baseball stadium in Atlanta, the Museum of Science and Industry and Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Pennsylvania Station and Grand Central Terminal New York City and Ferry Terminal Farm’s Market in San Francisco, USA.
As a result, the Associated Press reported 85 percent of those using public toilets are willing to wash their hands, up from 77 percent in 2007, which is actually the highest level since the survey began in 1996.
The best: the science museum in Chicago, 93 percent wash their hands.
The worst: the two train stations in New York, only about 80 percent of washing hands.
Men the most dirty: at Turner Field is only 65 percent of men who want to wash their hands.
“Washing hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds is one of the best things you can do to distance themselves from the disease,” said microbiologist Judy Daly, from Salt Lake City.
Interesting facts about hand washing is found through the Harris Interactive telephone survey of more than 1,000 adults in the U.S.:
- 89 percent wash their hands after using the bathroom at home.
- 82 percent wash after changing diapers.
- 39 percent wash after coughing or sneezing.
- 27 percent wash hands after handling money.