Handsfree Dispenser

     Many different germs live in public restrooms on soap dispensers, towel dispensers, flush handles, sink handles and door handles.  Handsfree dispensers and touchless devices are the answer to avoiding contact with these illness causing germs while handwashing and exiting the restroom.

 by Amy Bauer R.D.H.

After breakfast, it’s off to work. What a great day! I get to be on door knobs, steering wheels, phones, pens, food, and much more. When hands handshake, I am in Germ Heaven! I’m good as long as those hands go unwashed. Whoever coined the phrase ‘the great unwashed” tried to tell us something.

Bacteria are microorganisms that exist on just about every surface on Earth.  They are single celled and are usually about a couple micrometers long.  The shape of bacteria differs greatly from one another from rods to spheres.  Bacteria are here to stay.  They have been present since the beginning of life on this planet, and they have evolved to function well in this climate we have now.

Some people don’t know this because we try to get rid of as much of the bacteria as possible that is around us, but there are two times more bacteria cells on the human body than our own cells.  Most of these are beneficial to our various physical functions.  The bacteria that is most harmful to the body affect the respiratory system and cause illnesses like tuberculosis, which kill 2 million people a year.  Disinfectant towelettes, help people to ease the spread of outside bacteria on their person.

I am a huge germaphope.  I don’t like the idea of big messes staying on my hands.  Bacteria are an ever present organism that exists in every facet of our world.  I know that bacteria is necessary for the proper functioning of major processes in the ecological cycle, but I am not getting sick on account of the bacteria that could easily be washed off with proper anti-bacterial liquid soap.

I think that we should try to be as cleanly as possible and that is not saying a whole lot.  Before eating and after using the restroom are essential times to wash our hands.  Think about all the various activities that we do with our hands everyday and how much of it get transferred to orifices throughout our body.  All I’m saying is that I will be careful.