A major Southern California health care provider calls bathroom
carpeting a potential breeding ground for bacteria, cause of illness
and other germ-related infections, according to the Los Angeles
Times. The solution, replace carpeting with tile or linoleum. According
to the Times, more than 200,000 bathroom-related injuries were reported
to hospital emergency rooms in the United States in 1998 and almost
9,000 bathroom-related fatalities were reported. Good Health Internet
magazine reports that the bathroom the most dangerous room in the
house in an article for Good Health Internet magazine.
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Most of those fatalities came from bathtub falls.
But nearly 500 deaths were unattended children drowning in the bathtub.
Many of the falls occurred because someone tried to use a towel
rod for a grab bar. They simply are not sturdy enough, the article
notes. Other suggestions from experts for better bathroom safety:
- Install numerous bathtub safety devices, especially
grab bars.
- Make sure your tub has a nonskid surface, even
if it's just safety strips.
- Eliminate space heaters in the bathroom. There's
just too much water around, which produces potential electric
shocks. People might also suffer leg burns by bumping into them.
- Secure all sharp- edge objects.
First Published: April, 2000
Updated: April 2007
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