By: Cary Briel, Skaneateles Design

Do you need a new incentive to wash your hands correctly after using the bathroom? That’s right, correctly! Is there is a wrong way to wash your hands? Of course there is, you say. We’ve all seen it. People not washing hands before exiting the public bathroom (hopefully not food service staff, but anyway…), the quick splash (for looks only), or those that do wash but then grab the door handle picking up the germs of the last person who didn’t wash.

Then, what is the best way to wash? The Soap and Detergent Association and New York State Department of Health have teamed up to provide a new Handwashing Poster, and this poster offers a great tip for knowing that you’ve had your hands in the soap and water long enough. From the poster, “Good handwashing takes 20 seconds, or the time it takes to sing one verse of Old MacDonald Had a Farm.” Click here to view the poster, and don’t hesitate to sing proudly before you leave that public bathroom, since you’ll know that you’re helping create a more sanitary world.