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Antibacterial hand gel...

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Sharron1 said:
I was being delicate. The receptionist also told me that people stole the stuff to drink it - the alcohol content.
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That's the first time I have heard of that ? No wonder our services are stretched. :(
 
HOBIE said:
That's the first time I have heard of that ? No wonder our services are stretched. :(
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They stopped putting them at the end of the beds here for the same reason. Alcoholic patients were drinking them in the loos.
 
HOBIE said:
What a sad thing to do. How do these people get brought up ? :(
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Self medicating for untreated mental health problems is my best guess. It’s so sad. :(
 
Some Alcholics used to drink mehtalayted sprirt too! Alcholism is an illness.
 
It definitely is an illness, there’s a proven genetic component.
 
Dear all,

I am delighted that so many of you have thoughts about my experience re the anti bacterial hand gel at my GP surgery. I aim to please.😉🙄🙂 I am back there next week to pick up my Metformin, I will request the gel from the main desk and see if anymore eyeballs roll🙄
 
Our practice has one attached to the front of the reception counter. Very few people use it
 
Potters Resort (the place they play the snooker championships) have installed toilets where you do not have to touch to flush and after you have washed your hands the doors out are automatically opened so no need to touch anything after washing hands. Cannot remember whether paper was used for drying hands rather than the hot air hand dryer.
 
Madeline said:
People are filthy feckers
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Feck. Only smile if you find this thread sad.

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KARNAK said:
Feck. Only smile if you find this thread sad.

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Why ‘sad’ Karnak?

I probably used to agree that a bit of communal muck strengthened our immune systems but not now. With leukaemia and what is essentially cancer of the immune system (as well as diabetes), ‘filthy feckers’ and mucous troopers can put me in hospital and make me very sick indeed. I try not to live in a bubble but when I see people happily leaving toilets without washing their hands or picking up products in shops with their mucky mitts and putting them back, it has to worry me.
Trouble is, even bacterial gel won’t necessarily kill a virulent form of norovirus so proper handwashing is essential. I once got a dreadful infection in my hands due to poor cannula care and unhygienic nurses. I had hands like big red boxing gloves. Means I don’t care now who feels offended if I ask them to wash their hands or use gel. Needs must!

In a doctor’s surgery however, there’s so many airborne bugs so don’t touch your mouth or eyes and wash your hands on leaving.
 
Amigo said:
Why ‘sad’ Karnak?

I probably used to agree that a bit of communal muck strengthened our immune systems but not now. With leukaemia and what is essentially cancer of the immune system (as well as diabetes), ‘filthy feckers’ and mucous troopers can put me in hospital and make me very sick indeed. I try not to live in a bubble but when I see people happily leaving toilets without washing their hands or picking up products in shops with their mucky mitts and putting them back, it has to worry me.
Trouble is, even bacterial gel won’t necessarily kill a virulent form of norovirus so proper handwashing is essential. I once got a dreadful infection in my hands due to poor cannula care and unhygienic nurses. I had hands like big red boxing gloves. Means I don’t care now who feels offended if I ask them to wash their hands or use gel. Needs must!

In a doctor’s surgery however, there’s so many airborne bugs so don’t touch your mouth or eyes and wash your hands on leaving.
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I’m immunocompromised too, lungs though, not diabetes. I HATE having to go to hospital more than anything else.
 
I go into Screwfix, trade counter.
There is a big biscuit jar, I always get a couple with the free coffee.
I took someone in with me, he was horrified.

"All the plumbers with their hands in the drains and sewer pipes!
Sparkies in lofts with the rat and mouse droppings."

Which actually was very true, some of the places I've had mine when working..............

I do wash them, and keep gel in the van, but even so.....
 
Oh @Amigo and @Madeline, just trying to bring a bit of joviality into said topic. May I share an experience with you? I /we went to Turkey and stayed at a very up market hotel, we were assured the tap water was drinkable because the water used for watering the grass etc. was different. In the evening getting ready for dinner, I could see into the kitchen from my balcony and low and behold hose pipe from the garden was transferred to the kitchen, filling all the water jugs and anything else that needed filling including bottle water, beer and wine only in that hotel. Just to continue the story, found a pleasant place to enjoy a meal and drink with the locals, good food, cheap enough, cooking facilities all open to see what was being cooked. Went to the loo, paper has to go in a bin no problem, said chef comes into loo empties all the bins into black bin liners, no gloves bites his finger nails then goes back and continues cooking f**k. Needless to say meal didn`t happen.

Be thankful for what we have!
 
KARNAK said:
Oh @Amigo and @Madeline, just trying to bring a bit of joviality into said topic. May I share an experience with you? I /we went to Turkey and stayed at a very up market hotel, we were assured the tap water was drinkable because the water used for watering the grass etc. was different. In the evening getting ready for dinner, I could see into the kitchen from my balcony and low and behold hose pipe from the garden was transferred to the kitchen, filling all the water jugs and anything else that needed filling including bottle water, beer and wine only in that hotel. Just to continue the story, found a pleasant place to enjoy a meal and drink with the locals, good food, cheap enough, cooking facilities all open to see what was being cooked. Went to the loo, paper has to go in a bin no problem, said chef comes into loo empties all the bins into black bin liners, no gloves bites his finger nails then goes back and continues cooking f**k. Needless to say meal didn`t happen.

Be thankful for what we have!
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If he's biting his nails after, at least he's not got double standards.
 
Oh that is so GRIM.

I liked your wee emoji, my ‘dirty feckers’ was in jest too 🙂
 
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