Survey........Test your knowledge?

I AM DOING A SURVEY ABOUT PLAYGROUND GERMS. PLEASE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FOR ME:





1) DID YOU KNOW PLAYGROUNDS HAVE MORE GERMS THAN A BATHROOM?





2) DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE HUMAN FECES, SALMONELLA, HEPATITIS A, E.COLI, SHIGELLA, STAPH, MOLDS, AND YEAST ON PLAYGROUNDS/TREES/SOIL AROUND PLAYGROUNDS?





3) HOW WOULD YOU REDUCE/PREVENT THESE GERMS?





PLEASE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN ORDER (1,2,3). THIS IS FOR COLLEGE COURSE REGARDING DEVELOPEMENT. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.











I wanted to give you my resources for my research:


www.abcnew.go.com (09/06/07)


www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com


www.centralohio.com


www.nctimes.com


www.abcnews.go.com (10/18/07)


www.uanews.org

Survey........Test your knowledge?
1,2 are kind of statements. but anyway...


1) no (it's kind of a random fact)


2) yes


3) live in a bubble.
Reply:alright lets begin this with a couple notes, if you look hard enough you can find anything. What I mean by this is that yes there are germs everywhere and under just the right circumstance you can find they meet the "proof above". But also note that those are specific isolated events, meaning they are not valid, they are similar to opinions. But to play along with the game...


1: There are more germs on playgrounds than in bathrooms because they are more frequently used and less often cleaned and disinfected. Not to mention that children carry many germs themselves, usually due to a curious nature and unestablished cleaning habits.





2:Strangly enough even human gas contains feces, in minute particles. And again resort to the lack of attendant cleaning on playgrounds, combined with exposure to the elements and regular use and you can very well get many things to grow that are harmful to humans.





3: To reduce the germs preventive maintance is the best factor here. Clean regularly, Perhaps put a wash bin at the Entrance/Exit, and a sign that says "Please wash your hands before and after using this playground. Help keep our playground clean". The issue is to address the problems directly, this would mean education of parents and children that use the playground, attendants that clean them, and security to ensure that the playground isn't used by those not willing to obey the rules.
Reply:1 yes


2 no


3 have someone clean the playground once a week or every so often
Reply:1. No that's disgusting though.





2. Gross I didn't!





3. I would probably have a worker that would go and sterilize playground equipment at least once a week, just to reduce germs from populating
Reply:1. No


2. Yes, I saw that on the news


3. I cant do anything except tell people this information to prevent them from going %26amp; catching anything
Reply:1) Sounds logical to me


2) Yep


3) Don't let kids play with each other or on the equipment (in other words, the germs will never effectively be eradicated)





Good luck though