How To Wash Your Hands You're probably not scrubbing and rinsing long enough; try singing the guitar riff to "Layla" while you wash. [Consumer Reports Safety]
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Whole Foods just made a handwashing 101 video available to its employees and in it, the person suggests either saying your ABCs or singing Happy Birthday twice as the proper amount of time you should be washing your hands.
I was always taught to sing "Happy Birthday" twice.
(Quietly, of course. You don't want Warner's lawyers tackling you in the bathroom.)
Ever since grade school, I've been amazed at the number of people who think having a few drops of water sprinkled on their hands for about two to three seconds constitutes "washing." I'm no germophobe, but it has always grossed me out.
@Ichiro51: I'm the same way. I also don't understand how people think running a toothbrush over your teeth for three seconds constitutes "brushing."
I like "Row Row Row your boat". Actually, I've always been in the habit of thoroughly washing my hands like a surgeon anyways.
@ludwigk: I learned how to wash my hands first through my parents and school, but then from the surgeons on ER! So it does work!
Regarding "Layla." Am I singing the Derek and the Dominos version, or the Eric Clapton unplugged version?
We should update this for the new generation.
Kids, when you wash your hands, sing the chorus to Soulja Boy's "Crank That" twice.
I was just listening to a podcast, I believe it was NPR Science Friday, and they were discussing hand washing. Apparently, many rhino-viruses actually love alcohol, so the common sanitizers are not that helpful. They also found that you don't need soap when washing your hands. I thorough ringing/rubbing of the hands under running water does just as well as washing with soap and water. The person they were interviewing stated the real benefit of soap is that it makes us wash our hands for the correct amount of time.
Happy Birthday. We were always told to sing happy birthday when we were washing.
How does one sing a guitar riff?
@baristabrawl: In my food science class they tell you to sing Happy Birthday 2x at a minimum before you put your soapy hands under the water to rinse.
When my son was in the neonatal ICU, we had to wash our hands at a sink located outside the unit. It instructed everyone to wash for two minutes and had a clock located above the sign. I never realized how long two minutes was until I tried to wash my hands for that long. I always did it though. Sometimes I would see parents come in and wash for 30 seconds and go in the NICU and I would still be standing there washing my hands. My child's health is worth a measly two minutes, I think.
@GreatCaesarsGhost: bum-ba-bum-bum-ba-daa...
... okay, i have an acoustic live version of layla, so it may be slightly different, but that's a little how the first bit comes out for me. the more exaggerated, the better. try to make the noises sound like guitars.
... yes, i just spent like two minutes trying to get the words to look like i find myself singing them.
I'm so boring, I just do one one-thousand, two one-thousand up to fifteen.
Oh finally. A post from Consumerist in relation to the hysteria (one pet peeve) and people not washing their hands properly, if at all (another favorite pet peeve). It repulses me to see people leave the bathroom without washing their hands. OR if they do "wash" them, it doesn't involve soap. OR they only wash the palm for about 2 seconds. Nevermind that most of the grossness is probably on your fingertips and around/under the nail. *squick*
@LabCoatWanting_GitEmSteveDave: I don't know about rhinovirus liking alcohol. It's true that they're not enveloped, so they'd not be as susceptible to alcohols, but I think just a higher concentration would be needed.
Oh boy. Hope this doesn't mean the 3-hour-long piano and guitar solo at the very end of the song. I'll have no skin left on my hands!
@manevitch: I usually hum "Aqualung," "Close To The Edge," "In A Gadda Da Vida," or side three of ELO's "Out Of The Blue." If you haven't gotten all the way to the end of "Mr. Blue Sky," they're not clean.
Prog rock FTW!
I had it on good authority from the last swine flu post that we don't have to wash our hands anymore!
Just be careful if you go from washing your hands to performing CPR, as "Layla" is totally the wrong song for that.
Am I the only one who reaches for the hand sanitizer everytime I read something about this?