The Survey Says

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The Survey Says

• Results of the AMS and Bayer Pharmaceutical
  Division on hand washing habits in public
  restrooms in well-known locales in large cities.

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This study included restrooms from

• Penn Station in New York City
• Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
• Atlanta Braves baseball game

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How many?

• 6,333 people
• Interviewed more than 1,000 of those people about
  their hand washing behavior

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• How many people do you think wash their hands
  after using public restrooms?

• 4,300 people
• 6,000 people
• 1,000 people

5

• YES!
• Six in ten or 68 were observed doing so

6

• NO!
• Try again!

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• More than nine in ten adults or 94 say they wash
  their hands after using public restrooms
• Only six in ten or 68 were observed doing so

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• Which place had the dirtiest hands?

• New York
• San Francisco
• Atlanta

9

• YES!

Only 60 of the 2,129 people observed washed
their hands after using a restroom in Penn
Station! YUCK!!!!
10

• NO!
• Try Again

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• Who washes their hands more?
• A. Men
• B. Women

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• WRONG!
• Try Again

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• CORRECT!
• Across all cities women washed their hands more
  often than men!

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• Prevention is the best intervention!
• Dont forget to wash your hands!