Who's Not Washing Their Hands?

WHO'S NOT Cold season is upon us, and the constant advice you will hear from doctors and friends is to keep washing your hands. Everyone claims they do, but do they really? A recent study found that although most people claim to wash their hands after dirty activities, when you observe them in person, the story (especially for men) is a little different. WASHING 27% BY ACTIVITY THEIR HANDS? Telephone Survey after handling money 82% after changing a diaper 89% 96% after using the restroom at home 77% after using a public restroom before eating or handling food 39% 42% BY LOCATION after coughing or sneezing after petting a dog or cat Observational Survey Ferry Terminal Market, San Francisco Museumof Science and Industry, Chicago 84%* 95% 88 % 98 % 奔 Shedd Aquarium, Chicago 79% 92% Grand Central Station, New York Turner Field, Atlanta 77 % 83 % 条 65 % 98 % 条 SOURCE: the American Society for Microbiology and the American Cleaning Institute