Washing hands after going to the restroom

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How well do you wash?

  • Full surgical-prep style wash

    Votes: 18 75.0%
  • Quick rub down with some soap

    Votes: 5 20.8%
  • Quick rinse with water only

    Votes: 3 12.5%
  • Anti-bacterial sanitizer instead of wash

    Votes: 3 12.5%
  • I don't wash

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    24
I wash my hands every time, but when I'm in a public restroom I almost invariably use just water due to allergen issues with chemicals in most soaps*. That said, it's rarely a "quick rinse"; I still do all the scrubbing I do at home, I just don't use soap. At home I have soap that doesn't leave my hands an itchy, scaly mess.

*At my office, the building owners have two soaps available. I'm allergic to both, for different reasons. Since I'm probably the only person there with the particular combination of allergies to make that an issue, I haven't complained. (For the curious, citrus and aloe. The dispensers have citrus-scented soap, the bottles on the counter aloe.)

Also, I open most bathroom doors with only part (of my left hand. It's the one that I don't really use, so if it gets contaminated the chances of issues are much reduced.

 
I either use a towel or when they only have a stupid hand dryer (hate hate hate) I use my left pinky. I don't think I have OCD but I've done that for years.

 

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