mario

I find that taps and door knobs are pretty much disgusting. What's the point of opening a tap with your hands dirty, wash them and then touch the now contaminated tap to close it?

Same goes for door knobs, specially when you consider the amount of people that use the toilet and then don't wash their hands. Yuck.

Solution for that? Wash your hands and use a paper towel to get them dry. Then use a paper towel to close the tap (no need for this on a plane, of course) and open the door. Keep the door open with your foot and throw the paper towel in the bin.

Problem solved. No need for hand sanitiser which is pretty much useless anyway.

Moriarty

One issue is that this 'guidance' on how to hygienically wash hands should be conveyed to the passengers. Maybe it should be printed as part of the 'Flight Safety Card'!

Alternatively, BA could just instal hand sanitiser dispensers in each cabin. These can be infrared/touchless and dispense foam instead of a gel. It's a very simple solution for crew and passengers alike and, at the very least, indicates that the airline cares about hygiene.

Who, on this thread, will admit they don't wash their hands after using the toilet?

T8191

Perhaps the amenity bag should contain disposable gloves for the neurotic and phobic? They then need never touch BA cutlery, seats, handles or anything?

Indeed, should such people not travel with their own dispenser of gloves, as clearly transit through an airport could be severely life threatening. Change gloves after bag-drop, security, lounge (at least 3 times), loo (every time), shuttle/bus/escalator, aircraft steps. Probably 12 pairs before you start cleaning the seat, tray and IFE screen.

OMG - the Safety Card!!! That's been handled by someone. And so has HighLife. More swabs or gloves ...

You are all going to die. Accept the fact, it's caused by being born.

I usually do. Have you seen the pax in CW these days? Old and incontinent, young and drunk, middle-aged and vague? Terrifying.

jcm9000

My mother in law is batty about hand sanitiser. I am not. She is ill a lot more than I am. Big sample size, but good enough for me! I see the FDA are requiring manufacturers of such products to prove to them that it is more effective than soap and water, and they have again expressed concerns about long term health problems from using them.

HIDDY

20% percentage of the population don't......that'll include those who prepare airline food on the ground.

Having hand sanitiser dispensers available doesn't mean people will use them.

Sixth Freedom

At the QR head office building in DOH there are hand sanitisers in the corridors. They were installed following the bird flu panic!

Moriarty

Usually?

Where's the raised eyebrow smiley when I need it?!

T8191

I know where it's been

mario

The client I'm currently working on REQUIRES people to hold the handrails when using the stairs due to H&S.

They installed sanitiser dispenser on each floor next to the staircase. Needless to say, almost no one uses it.

Moriarty

Were you also required to reverse your car into the parking bay as well? If not, suggest it to them. It will make you very popular with a H&S conscious client.

MrHeckles

Nobody seems to have mentioned face masks yet......

mario

Yes, that is also one of the H&S requirements.

Physci

and a BA branded sterile suit - who needs F PJs!

http://www.keison.co.uk/msa_oilsuit.shtml

T8191

Sir!! Sir!! I did

MrHeckles

Begging your pardon T8191