Last Updated on November 19, 2020
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8. The hand sanitizer pump
Hospitals usually have hand sanitizer bottles spread around the place, rightfully, so that people can maintain a healthy routine of disinfecting their hands whenever they pass by one of them. However, it’s a good thing you’re touching the pump and immediately disinfecting your hands because just like a soap dispenser or a tray table, these are used by everyone! So, even if you’re using something for a good reason, like self-protection, keep in mind that everything that’s for public use contains a lot of bacteria.
9. Chair armrests
Whenever we find ourselves inside a waiting room, we tend to sit down whenever we have the chance. After all, hospitals are pretty busy 24/7, and even in urgencies, you have to wait your turn, which will always take a long time. This means that a hospital chair has a higher chance of having microbes, viruses, and bacteria than any other item on this list. You know why? They are not essential or priority items. What’s important, we clean daily? Bathrooms, floors, sheets, and so on. Chairs tend to be ignored sometimes, and depending on what they’re made of, they may accumulate bacteria over time. Of course, it’s not as dangerous as other items on this list because we normally don’t touch chairs with our bare hands, but we might if they possess armrests. This is where you should pay attention and try your best not to touch armrests before you disinfect them with some anti-bacterial wipes.
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10. Door handles
Last but not least, think about how many times you’ve come in contact with the door handle? At least ten times a day, including your house door handles. Now think about how many times your partner, kid, brother has also touched the same door handles. Of course, they’re family, but do you know what they do all day? Where they have been? Probably not, which is normal, we’re all free to do whatever we want, so the only precaution we must take is when cleaning our houses, not forgetting about our door handles and cleaning them as well! Hospitals tend to clean these items quite regularly for obvious reasons; you’ll probably see the staff using some alcohol spray and rubbing the handle with a cloth. Learn from them and do the same! After reading this, we hope you keep in mind that a hospital-acquired infection is much more dangerous than other infections you might catch somewhere else, and the answer supporting this statement is pretty easy and understandable: hospitals contain a lot of sick people constantly. This means that not only you’ll have a higher chance of getting sick, but the infection or disease you might develop could be very serious and, in some cases, even fatal. That’s why you should always carry disinfected wipes or gel with you. By keeping your hands safe and clean, you’ll be protecting your entire body.
