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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: rangerrebew on December 17, 2017, 03:57:30 pm

Title: You Are Probably Washing Your Hands Wrong
Post by: rangerrebew on December 17, 2017, 03:57:30 pm

You Are Probably Washing Your Hands Wrong

Many of us spend only about six seconds on the job 

    By Michelle Sconce Massaquoi, The Conversation US on December 17, 2017

 
For my fourth-grade science fair project, I tested different soaps to see which ones were the most effective at keeping my hands clean.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/you-are-probably-washing-your-hands-wrong/ (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/you-are-probably-washing-your-hands-wrong/)
Now, nearly 20 years later as a microbiology doctoral candidate, I can’t help but think, “Ugh, the fourth-grade me was such an amateur scientist!”
 

Title: Re: You Are Probably Washing Your Hands Wrong
Post by: Silver Pines on December 19, 2017, 04:01:10 pm

This germphobe washes for at least 30! seconds, including under the nails.

I hate public restrooms.  I have yet to see a woman in one of them wash her hands longer than three seconds.  Some just use plain running water.