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Men have long been maligned for their lack of hygiene but now they have no excuse for not washing their hands after a visit to the bathroom. A Latvian designer has come up with a novel toilet design to improve men's hand washing habits by by including a built-in tap. Kaspars Jursons' design is called STAND and was created to encourage men to wash their hands after using the facilities. But opinion is divided about whether it is hygienic to wash your hands in a urinal. The tap is hands-free and activated by sensors, arguably making it more hygienic than a traditional tap and even easier to use. Mr Jursons said: 'If you did not have the habit of washing your hands after you go to the bathroom before, you will definitely be reminded now, when you are faced with a tap right at the urinal.' A recent study by environmental health experts at Michigan State University, found that just one in 20 people wash their hands for long enough to kill harmful germs after visiting the toilet. Furthermore, a third do not use soap and 10 per cent do not wash their hands at all. The research named and shamed men as particularly bad at washing their hands correctly. Hand washing is the single most effective thing to do to reduce the spread of infectious diseases, according to the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Failing to sufficiently wash hands contributes to nearly 50 per cent of all food borne illness outbreaks, it said. | 
