Originally Posted By Ursula We were at the zoo this past weekend, enjoying a nice walk in the morning. I visited the ladies' room and upon washing my hands, I noticed a mom and her two kids as they exited a stall. The mom squirted hand sanitizer on her kids' hands and then turned the bottle on herself. And then they left. All the while, there is a perfectly clean and working sink with hot and cold water and soap RIGHT there. So, is that normal? I'd rather wash with warm/hot water and soap, or am I now horribly behind the times in all things sanitary?
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin That's just weird...hand sanitizer is for when there is no soap and water. And she's making a big mistake by teaching her children that it's the same as washing. I'll bet she did all of that and just grabbed the door with her bare hands...
Originally Posted By mousermerf Germs that live and thrive in oily/fatty dirt and grime are pretty much immune to hand sanitizer. You need heat of the water and the scrubbing action to dislodge them. Which type of grime do you suppose fecal matter is?
Originally Posted By magic0214 I like soap and water much better, like mentioned germ-x is only for areas with no soap or water
Originally Posted By LuLu Hand sanitizer - ugh. I don't feel clean after using that. And the antibacterial kinds are just creating resistant strains of germs. Yuck. On our recent Mexico missions trip, sinks weren't adjacent to toilets. Everyone I saw coming out of the rest room just squirted sanitizer on their hands. I walked to the sink...
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Ursula, I think it's really weird. I do use the sanitizers when I'm at places like DL or casinos when I'm touching lapbars or buttons that someone with who knows what on their hand has just touched. If there is soap and water handy I'd use that first and absolutely in a restroom.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Here's a thought: maybe the kids have allergies to certain types of soaps. Although I don't know why she wouldn't make them use water and THEN the sanitizer, I can understand not wanting to use the soap. Here at my work, our handsoap makes my skin crack and break out horribly. I'm really allergic to it. So I have to wash with hot water and then use sanitizer.
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Anti-bacterial soap is not a favourite of ours, it is really hard on your skin. Can really damage it as well.over time. Cindy used some at a resturante and almost immediately had to be rushed to emergencey, she was turning beat itchy red, was a type of ingredient in the soap that caused it,..it can be very scary.... We use both natural soap and the reg brands ivory , dove ...they work well. Hand sanitizers are susposed to be used after you wash your hands, not before. Did you know that those hand dryers in the washrooms put back 60 per cent of the bacteria back onto your hands after you use them. A hospital study some years ago,showed this to be true..we still look for the paper towels.
Originally Posted By oredisneyfan I have heard that about the the hand dryers TINK-MOBILE. Not a fan of the one towell that rotates for everyone to use either. I thought the antibacterial hand sanatizer was pointless anyway unless is has a certain % of alcohol to kill other stuff too. I think I read somewhere that the soap or sanitizer is not the main thing to keep you germ free anyway it is the rubbing your hands together and then rinsing them in the water that does most of the work. I mean in a pinch when you have nothing else by all means use the hand sanitzer. If the rest rooms are really dirty and I dont want to touch the sinks I have just used hand sanitizer before though.
Originally Posted By iamsally I am in the anti-sanitizer camp. In fact, I feel a great need to wash my hands after I use it. Being a farmer, of sorts, I am exposed to all kinds of icky stuff and wash my hands all day long. Usually with Ivory soap (hoping to soon be making my own goat-milk soap) and hot water. I do keep sanitizer in the barn for times when I am moving from one animal to the other and do not want to transfer bacteria; but that is more for their protection than mine. I make sure not to touch my face and wash my hands as soon as I get inside regardless. I agree that this mom is teaching her kids a poor lesson in sanitation.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt <<soon be making my own goat-milk soap>> my older sister does this too! you 2 gotta meet!
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes I use sanititzer all the time. Unless I have a tile in front of me instructing me how to wash my hands, I forget how. ; - )
Originally Posted By Ursula I didn't even think about the allergy aspect of the soap offered at the zoo. Still, I thought it was really strange. And I had no idea that the simple act of washing your hands dislodges stuff. I thought the heat of the water PLUS the soap did most of the cleaning. I shall become more active in my washing now!
Originally Posted By iamsally ^^friction is good A HAPPY HAUNT: My email is in my profile. Please pass it on to her if she would like to chat. I would love to have someone to compare notes with etc. The first one is the one I check regularly.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA As a guy, using a public urinal is never fun. With a place like Disneyland, you're running around the park, touching handrails and other germ infested stuff, I always wash my hands BEFORE I head to the urinal. You see, I have to use my hands to use the urinal (are you with me here??) and I've always found that I'd rather wash my hands before touching my own stuff. And then after of course, I wash my hands after I'm done. Any other guys do this? On the other hand (ha!) I see so many guys come in, take a leak, and leave never washing their hands ever. I find that gross.
Originally Posted By Ursula I make my own soap, too. But I use the cheater method. I buy pure and clear glycerin in giant blocks and then I melt it down and add in scents (or no scent!) and coloring and other things, and then I pout it into molds. I can add in lavender and coarser items to make a scrub bar. It is rather fun.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox I have some truly nasty allergies, so hand soap I'm unfamiliar with is off the list. I carry individually wrapped CleanWell wipes with me when out and about: <a href="http://www.cleanwelltoday.com/#/handsanitizer/" target="_blank">http://www.cleanwelltoday.com/...nitizer/</a>
Originally Posted By LuLu Urs, that does sound really fun (and creative)! I may have to look into that.
Originally Posted By iamsally I prefer wipes to bottles. When I was last at Disneyland with an old friend I carried them. Not for myself. She is such a germaphobe that she would not touch the steering wheel on Indy or the pull cord on TSMM. So I would hand her a wipe and she cleaned everything. I did not want her missing any of the fun.
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Love the goat soap, we'll have to get a bar, up on The Big Thunder Mountain Railway , with mickey ears on it, of course, that would be so cool...
