THE STATE OF OUR FACULTY REST ROOM    

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Immediate situations calls for immediate actions

Ajuwon Rodiat

What!!! Yes that’s exactly the expression that comes with the faculty restroom in view, which brings us down to what went wrong? Is this as a result of misuse by students or negligence on the part of the cleaners? Well, whosoever it is to blame, our health is of utmost importance. There can be plenty of bugs lying in wait in public restrooms, including both familiar and unfamiliar suspects like streptococcus, staphylococcus, E.coli and shigella bacteria, hepatitis A virus, the common cold virus, and various sexually transmitted organisms. But if your immune system is health, and if you adopt simple hygienic measures like properly washing of hands, you should be able to put the germs to rest.

Washing your hands properly is a very good way of avoiding various toilet infections. Even if you wash your hands, you may not do it properly. Some individuals move their hands quickly under a flow of water for only a second or so, and they don’t use soap. That’s not going to do much good. Rubbing soapy water all over the hands and fingers for 20 to 30 seconds, including under the fingernails should be the appropriate thing. As you create friction by rubbing the hands together, you’ll loosen the disease-causing particles on the hands. After rinsing thoroughly, repeat the process.

Even if you’re a frequent visitor to public restrooms, you can coexist peacefully and even healthfully with the germs around you. In addition to hand washing, try these strategies:

Rather than flushing the toilet with your bare hand, use your shoe. Everyone else is probably doing it.

After washing your hands, use a paper towel to shut off the faucet and to open the door on your way out, in order to keep from becoming contaminate.

Whenever possible, use a restroom stall with toilet paper that is almost completely covered in a metal or plastic holder, which will guard against splattering water and germs.

Use hot-air hand dryers with care. In order to feel the hot air, you might have to get very close to the vents. Don’t let your hands touch the surface of the vents, however, or you’ll risk contamination.

All of these of course are not provided in the faculty restroom but self-care can be dutifully carried out by students, as they say health is wealth. And in all, make proper use of the restroom in a way you would want to meet it, to ensure a safe and healthy life for us all. Stay clean and healthy.

 

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