Hand Hygiene Practices in Public Restrooms: Effects and Proposed Solutions

Bankole Kolawole Fasanya, Moruf Adegbite, Maged Milhail and George L. Stefanek

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Abstract: Human safety is a popular ongoing research area in personal hygiene. Researchers are mostly apprehensive about how to protect humans from different hazards in the environment. Thus, guidelines developed for good hand wash practices in the public restrooms have showed little or no impact on human behavior. This research examined hand wash acts in the public restrooms and proposed possible solutions to improve the practice. There are 427 people who participated in the study. Participant age ranged from 18 years old and upward: statistically, female, 63%; male, 35%; and unidentified, 2%. Descriptive statistics revealed 99.5% respondents approved restroom redesign for appropriate hand hygiene practice, while 49% suggested restroom device automation. Inferential statistics results on redesign with a Welsh t-test were statistically significant (t=1.967, df=300, p

Keywords: hygiene; human health; restroom; handwashing; ergonomics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.92306

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