Evidently restroom messages that warn about spreading germs or getting sick by not washing hands is not as effective in motivating restroom users as gross messages with graphic pictures. At least not with students at Denver University.
Researchers observed that female students were leaving the restrooms without washing their hands. At first they tried messages that warned about germs and getting sick but these didn’t mean much to the students. So they switched to posters with graphic images and gross messages. Some examples were “poo-poo’s on your hands, wash your hands”, “you just peed, wash your hands’, and “who else sat on this pot?,wash your hands”. These signs brought about a change of a 26% increase in handwashing for the females and 8% for the males. These messages got their attention because they thought they would be walking around with “gross things” on their hands.
After washing hands in a public restroom, the ideal situation is to be able to dry one’s hands using a hands free towel dispenser and a hands free door opener to exit.
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