Public restroom toilet seats are frequently contaminated with bacteria and viruses due to aerosol droplets. Approximately 50% of toilet seats may have harmful particles from fecal matter. Germs like E. coli and norovirus pose infection risks, but only if they can enter through cuts. It’s advised to flush the toilet before use and avoid lingering in the stall after flushing to let harmful droplets settle. Maintaining distance from the aerosol plume is crucial to minimize exposure to potential pathogens.
As a result of [there not being a lid], there's that plume that comes from the toilet that ends up on the seat, and no matter where you go, you're always going to find that about 50% of the [public restroom] toilet seats at any given time are going to have some kind of poo germs on them in the range of hundreds [of particles].
We do see potentially some low level of all sorts of different types of bacteria and viruses that could potentially cause an infection, but the reality is, unless you have a cut, then there's really no opportunity for that to get into your skin to cause a problem.
Make sure that you kind of get out of the stall for 30 seconds to let whatever was aerosol or the droplets to fall and then you can go back in.
So here's the problem: If it's norovirus or some of the more really troublesome bacteria like E.coli 0157:H7, then you may actually end up getting exposed to a high enough level that it could potentially cause infection.
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