taps are unhygienic

mollykins | 09:03 Sat 24th Apr 2010 | Home & Garden

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If taps are so unhygienic, why don't more places have you new ones with the sensor that releases water when you put your hand under them (Addenbrookes hospital and a few other places have them.) Plus those taps that you push down and water comes out for a certain time are ok, but they never stay on long enough so you have to touch the dirty tap again, half way through washing.
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I mean you twist the handle with a dirty hand, wash your hands then touch the infected handle again, to turn it off.

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so why don't more place have the sensitive ones, are they really expensive?

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123everton

A bit of dirt won't do you a tremendous amount of harm by and large, ask yourself a simple question.
Have you ever heard a tramp sneeze?

sara3

I haven't, 123.. but I've never seen a tramp washing their hands either.. so perhaps Molly has a point ;o)

123everton

LOL

woofgang

yes the sensitive ones cost moolah, do what I do and press the press down ones with your elbow!
at home as well as cleaning the tapes, I use a disinfectant spray on them, also on door handles and loo flush levers

boxtops

Molly, I've often thought the same thing about the the inside handles on toilet doors (and I often do). After you've done (and even if there is a washbasin in the cubicle), you still have to handle the door to get it open again. You don't know what the people before you have been doing and I've often thought that is another germy place.

ChuckFickens

it's essential to have clean tapes :)

boxtops

LOL CF, I didn't spot that!

craft1948

All my taps (apart from the outside one) have the paddles so you only need to touch them with the back of your hand before washing.

boxtops

My new ones have a sort of stick lever you push rather than the twiddly round ones which I still have downstairs in the bathroom. Kitchen sink is normal taps with 4 Man-On-The-Top-Of-The-Clapham-Omnibus bits.