If urine is sterile enough to drink, why do we wash our hands after peeing?!


Question: If urine is sterile enough to drink, why do we wash our hands after peeing.?
Answers:
urine is not sterile enough to drink.. It is excreted out of the body because it does not belong in our bodies.. That being said, even if it is sterile enough to drink, feces are not sterile.. And it is just better hygeine to practice washing your hands every time..Health Question & Answer

Hand washing.? I wonder as well.. If your junk is clean and you didn't piss all over yourself what is the point..
Ask these people how clean their hand is after leaving the public bus and then sticking their finger in their mouth.. That is dirtier than licking the urinal itself..........................YEWW
Urine is sterile at the time it exits
Once exposed to the air and any other elements it's like almost instantly contaminated..
I too have peed on a cut or blister..Health Question & Answer

i suppose it is sterile if it is your own cos it was produced by your own body, own germs etc, but it means if you don't wash your hands you will be spreading your own germs on everything you touch passing them on to other people........so i would wash if i were you :P its just manners!Health Question & Answer

because urine is only sterile directly when it comes out of the urethra.. seconds after landing on something it will produce millions of bacteria.. and well if everyone walked around with nasty pee hands with bacteria reproducing, who knows what the heck each of us would catch from it..Health Question & Answer

Why do you flush the toilet after using it.? To keep it clean, right.? So why not keep ourselves clean by washing our genitals after peeing and then our hands afterwards for exactly the same reason.?Health Question & Answer

first it stings
second only u can drink ur own urine if someone else drank it or lets say u didn't Wash ur hand and then u are sharing popcorn with ur bf the molecule of the pee goes to the popcorn then in to ur bf mouth and he might get poisonedHealth Question & Answer

If you didn't then you started touching things and other people got your germs on their hands it may make them sick.. Maybe your urine is sterile enough for you to drink but for soemone else..Health Question & Answer

just because you can drink it does not mean you want to! it smells and who would want to shake your hand if it smelled like that.?.?.?Health Question & Answer

Might have something to do with manners, you dont want to pass on your pee to some unsuspecting person if you shake their hand do you..Health Question & Answer

Ive wondered that myself ! and i keep my stuff clean ! think its mostly got to do with touching like the flush button that every one else does ! member not every one is as clean as they should be ! :)Health Question & Answer

Bending over like that is bad for your back..

I do pee on open blisters on my feet from hiking, though.. Old boyscout trick..Health Question & Answer

cause it smells and is not sterile after decomposingHealth Question & Answer

it comes out of a dirty sweaty area so you wash afterwards to make sure your hands are cleanHealth Question & Answer

it s just something to do out of curtosy.. you dont want to be eating at a buffet with pee on your hands do you.?.?Health Question & Answer

Because people's penises have been to places you don't want to know about..Health Question & Answer

Common sence..Health Question & Answer

sticky, smellyHealth Question & Answer

in that case go wash your face in it .?Health Question & Answer



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